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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The American Missionary -- Volume 32, No. 12, December, 1878 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: May 26, 2017 [EBook #54792] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, DECEMBER 1878 *** - - - - -Produced by Ralph, Joshua Hutchinson, KarenD and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by Cornell University Digital Collections) - - - - - - - - - - VOL. XXXII. No. 12. - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” - - * * * * * - - DECEMBER, 1878. - - - - - _CONTENTS_: - - - EDITORIAL. - - ABSTRACT OF THE REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF - THE A. M. A. 353 - ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION 356 - ADDRESS OF REV. SYLVANUS HEYWOOD 371 - ADDRESS ON CHINESE MISSIONS IN AMERICA: Rev. E. S. - Atwood 373 - ADDRESS UPON THE AFRICAN MISSION: REV. G. D. Pike 377 - THE ANNUAL MEETING 379 - PARAGRAPHS 381 - ITEMS FROM SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES 382 - - - THE FREEDMEN. - - ATLANTA, GA.--Students’ Reports of Summer Work: - Mrs. T. N. Chase 383 - TENNESSEE.--Woman’s Work among Women: Miss Hattie - Milton 385 - NORTH CAROLINA.--Students Want to “Batch”: Rev. - Alfred Connett 387 - TALLADEGA, ALABAMA.--The Story of Ambrose Headen 388 - A GRATEFUL WARD 389 - - - AFRICA. - - THE MENDI MISSION: Rev. A. E. Jackson 389 - - - THE INDIANS. - - SISSETON AGENCY: E. H. C. Hooper, Agent 392 - - - RECEIPTS 394 - - * * * * * - - NEW YORK: - - Published by the American Missionary Association, - - ROOMS, 56 READE STREET. - - * * * * * - - Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance. - - * * * * * - - A. Anderson, Printer, 23 to 27 Vandewater St. - - - - - _American Missionary Association_, - - 56 READE STREET, N. Y. - - * * * * * - - - PRESIDENT. - - HON. E. S. TOBEY, Boston. - - - VICE PRESIDENTS. - - Hon. F. D. PARISH, Ohio. - Rev. JONATHAN BLANCHARD, Ill. - Hon. E. D. HOLTON, Wis. - Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, Mass. - Rev. STEPHEN THURSTON, D. D., Me. - Rev. SAMUEL HARRIS, D. D., Ct. - Rev. SILAS MCKEEN, D. D., Vt. - WM. C. CHAPIN, Esq., R. I. - Rev. W. T. EUSTIS, 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. - Rev. D. M. GRAHAM, D. D., Mich. - 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., Ct. - Rev. H. W. BEECHER, N. Y. - Gen. O. O. HOWARD, Oregon. - Rev. EDWARD L. CLARK, N. Y. - 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. - Rev. H. M. PARSONS, N. Y. - PETER SMITH, Esq., Mass. - Dea. JOHN WHITING, 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. - - - CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. - - REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ - - - DISTRICT SECRETARIES. - - REV. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_. - REV. G. D. PIKE, _New York_. - REV. JAS. POWELL, _Chicago, Ill._ - - 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. - - -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. XXXII. DECEMBER, 1878. No. 12. - - * * * * * - - - - -_American Missionary Association._ - - * * * * * - - -ABSTRACT OF THE THIRTY-SECOND REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE -A. M. A. - -The Report opens with an expression of thanks to God for the general -prosperity of its work, obituary notices of the Rev. Silas McKeen, D. -D., of Bradford, Vt., a Vice-President, and Mrs. Benjamin James, of the -Mendi Mission, and a brief review of the marked progress of the last -thirty-two years in the line of its aim and effort. - - -The Freedmen. - -The educational work of the Association has been vigorously sustained, -with increasing numbers, and at the cost of great self-denial on the -part of both teachers and pupils. New buildings have been erected -for the Emerson Institute at Mobile, Ala., for the Lewis High School -and Norwich Chapel at Macon, Ga., for the Straight University at New -Orleans, La., and for the Beach Institute at Savannah, Ga., under -the supervision of Prof. T. N. Chase, of Atlanta. They are simple -but commodious, and admirably adapted for their uses, better located -than formerly, and cost no more than the insurance received for the -buildings which they replace. The institutions of the Association are -excellently located. - -The early educational work was, of necessity, altogether primary. As -the States assumed the support of common schools, the Association gave -itself more and more to Normal teaching, and has always found a demand -for more teachers than its schools could furnish. A few more each year -are advancing into the collegiate and professional courses. Its one Law -and three Theological classes have been well sustained, and it has also -co-operated with the Presbytery of Washington in the support of the -Theological Department of Howard University. The practical and moral -importance of the Industrial Departments is also referred to. During -the year small amounts have been added to the salaries of a number -of common-school teachers, graduates from its institutions, enabling -them to extend the time of their school-year from three or six to nine -months. - -The need of this work is emphasized by the fact that there are still -3,500,000 over ten years of age in the South who cannot read, over -1,135,000 of whom are legal voters. The need of permanent endowments -and of student aid are also dwelt upon. A depiction of the influence of -these institutions in the homes, the common schools, the churches, and -upon the sentiment of the people of the South, and especially of the -positiveness of their religious influence, concludes this part of the -Report. - -The report of church work adds five new churches organized during the -year to its list. Judged by the measure of accessions to membership by -profession of faith, these sixty-four churches have not been dead nor -fruitless. Fifteen of them report from eleven to fifty such additions -each, making an average of over twenty-four, and amounting to 368 in -all. Indications of growth are also found in increased efforts for -self-support and for systematic giving. The Sunday-schools of the -churches not only are well sustained, but the teachers go out into -churches of other orders, and into mission work, thus reaching many -thousands of youth and children. - -The cause of temperance has been advancing in these churches. The six -local conferences have, by their annual meetings, shown progress and -done good. The difficulties of a rapid extension of church work in the -South are referred to, and the hope expressed, of surmounting such of -them as may be overcome under the field-superintendence of Rev. Dr. -Roy, who will very soon be in his headquarters at Atlanta. - -In summing up the work among the Freedmen, encouragement is drawn -from the fact that some of the best pastors and teachers now in -the field were taken from the streets by the missionary teachers -of the Association, and have developed under its care to be its -fellow-helpers; also, that results appear to be more permanent and -substantial. - - -Africa. - -Four missionaries were sent, Feb. 8, to the reinforcement of the five -who sailed the September before. The outlook was discouraging in both -its material and spiritual aspects. But they went to work practically -and hopefully, and have labored with good success. Twenty-two new -members have been received into the church at Good Hope. Preaching -services and Sunday and day-schools have also been opened at Avery and -Debia. - -The missionaries desire increased facilities for taking the children -into their homes under their constant care, a work which they have -begun already. The industrial work at Avery has been revived. These -missionary families, numbering fifteen souls in all, have endured the -trying climate, and that through its sickly season, as well as could -have been hoped. All of them have been sick; one of their number has -died; none of them are in impaired health, so far as can be learned. - -The report speaks of the intention to strengthen this mission as it may -seem to demand, of the need of means with which to do it, and of the -missionary interest awakened in the South, and especially at Hampton -and Fisk. - - -The Indians. - -The necessity of changing agents has made much unexpected work, and -the difficulties of supplying their places are referred to. The -work of Rev. Mr. Eells at S’Kokomish is spoken of. The Indians show -increasing interest in education, but the unsettled condition of their -affairs prevents the best success. The recommendations made by the -representatives of the various religious denominations to the Board of -Commissioners are recited. The possibility of a transfer of the Indians -to the War Department is alluded to, and deprecated as a long step in -retreat. - - -The Chinese in America. - -The outcries against the Chinaman, and the abuse he receives on every -hand, are alluded to as having had already an influence in diminishing -the number of those coming to our shores. - -The Association has sustained eleven schools during the year, with -1,492 pupils. The Chinese Congregational Association and the Bethany -Home have been kept up, with increasing usefulness. Seventy-five have -been hopefully converted during the year. The indebtedness of the -Association to Rev. Wm. C. Pond, its superintendent in that work, -is heartily acknowledged. The desire of the Chinese converts for the -conversion of their own people in their native land is referred to as a -convincing proof that they have entered into the spirit of the Master. -The new Chinese embassy to this country is spoken of as full of promise -in regard to all the questions affecting that race. - - -Finances. - -The receipts of the year have been $195,601.65; the expenses have been -$188,079.46, leaving a balance of $7,522.19. The current receipts are -not equal by $13,063.23 to those of the preceding year, the falling off -being mainly in legacies; and the $17,904.92 in cash (and $6,950 in -pledges) for the debt may have somewhat lessened the regular gifts. - -The debt, two years ago, was $93,000; one year ago it was $63,000; -what has been received and saved for it together this year amounts -to $25,427.11, which has reduced it to $37,389.79, and pledges are -held for $6,950, which, when redeemed, will further diminish it to -$30,439.79. - -The Committee recognize the hand of the Lord, and the hearts of His -people in this good showing. The Report makes special mention of the -gifts from the field for this object, and yet the remaining debt is -deeply deplored as preventing the enlargement of the work. The careful -and wise use of the funds in its hands encourages the Association to -ask for the removal of this its last hindrance. - - -Sundries. - -References to the co-operation of the Freedmen’s Missions Aid Society -in England, the return of the Jubilee Singers, the changes successfully -made in the form and editing of the AMERICAN MISSIONARY, and the -generous aid of the American Bible Society, conclude the Report. - - * * * * * - - -THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. - -_Statistics of its Work and Workers--General Summary._ - -Workers. - -_Missionaries_--at the South, 69; among the Indians, 1; in the Foreign -field, 9; total, 79. - -_Teachers_--at the South, 150; among the Chinese, 17; among the -Indians, 10; Native helpers in the Foreign field, 6; total, 183. - -_Matrons_, 9; in Business Department, 9. Total number of Workers, 280. - - -Churches. - -_Churches_--at the South, 64; among the Indians, 1; in the Foreign -field, 1; total, 66. - -_Church Members_--at the South, 4,189; among the Indians, 19; in the -Foreign field, 44; total, 4,252. Total number Sabbath-school Scholars, -7,517. - - -Schools. - -_Schools_--at the South, 37; among the Chinese, 11; among the Indians, -6; in the Foreign field, 3; total, 57. - -_Pupils_--at the South, 7,229; among the Chinese, 1,492; among the -Indians, 245; in the Foreign field, 177; total, 9,143. - - -Details of School Work at the South. - -_Chartered Institutions_, 8.--Hampton N. and A. Institute, Hampton, -Va.: Number of pupils, 332; boarding accommodations, for 180. Berea -College, Berea, Ky.: Number of pupils, 273; boarding accommodations for -180. Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.: Number of pupils, 338; boarding -accommodations for 150. Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga.: Number -of pupils, 244; boarding accommodations for 150. Talladega College, -Talladega, Ala.: Number of pupils, 272; boarding accommodations for -100. Tougaloo University, Tougaloo, Miss.: Number of pupils, 193; -boarding accommodations for 90. Straight University, New Orleans, La.: -Number of pupils, 287; no boarding accommodations. Normal Institute, -Austin, Texas: Number of pupils, 146. - -_Other Institutions_, 11.--Normal School, Wilmington, N. C.: Number of -pupils, 126; Washington School, Raleigh, N. C., 435; Avery Institute, -Charleston, S. C., 294; Brewer Normal School, Greenwood, S. C., 58; -Storrs School, Atlanta, Ga., 701; Lewis High School, Macon, Ga., 93; -Trinity School, Athens, Ala., 158; Emerson Institute, Mobile, Ala., -117; Swayne School, Montgomery, Ala., 436; Burrell School, Selma, Ala., -421; Le Moyne School, Memphis, Tenn., 184; Common Schools, 18;--total, -37. - - -Pupils Classified. - -Theological, 88; Law, 17; Collegiate, 106; Collegiate Preparatory, 160; -Normal, 1,459; Grammar, 1,016; Intermediate, 2,048; Primary, -2,398 7,292 - -Studying in two grades, 63 - ————— - 7,229 - -Scholars in the South, taught by our former pupils, estimated at -100,000. - - * * * * * - - -THIRTY-SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. - -The American Missionary Association held its Thirty-second Anniversary -in the Broadway Congregational Church, Taunton, Mass., commencing -October 29, 1878. - -President Edward S. Tobey called the Association to order at three -P. M. Rev. Edward H. Merrill, D. D., of Ripon, Wis., conducted the -devotional service, reading selections from the Scriptures, and leading -in prayer. Rev. Leverett S. Woodworth, of Campello, Mass., was elected -Secretary, and Rev. Samuel Harrison, of Pittsfield, Assistant Secretary. - -The President appointed the following Nominating Committee: Rev. Lyman -S. Rowland, Rev. George M. Boynton, Rev. Thomas K. Fessenden and J. E. -Porter, Esq. - -Rev. George M. Boynton presented the Annual Report of the Executive -Committee. On motion, the report was accepted, and its various portions -referred to appropriate committees. - -The report of the Treasurer was presented by Henry W. Hubbard, Esq., -Assistant Treasurer, and was referred to the Committee on Finance. - -The Committee on Nominations reported the following list of committees: - -1. _Committee of Arrangements._--Rev. Mortimer Blake, D. D., Rev. -Morton Dexter, Rev. E. S. Atwood, Chas. H. Atwood, Esq., Dea. E. H. -Reed, H. B. Palmer, Esq., Rev. T. T. Richmond. - -2. _Committee on Business._--Rev. S. M. Newman, Rev. C. L. Woodworth, -Eleazer Porter, Esq. - -3. _Committee, on Nominations._--Rev. Lyman S. Rowland, Rev. George M. -Boynton, Rev. Thos. K. Fessenden, Dea. Edwin Talcott. - -4. _Committee on Finance._--Hon. E. H. Sawyer, A. S. Barnes, Esq., A. -L. Williston, Esq., Geo. H. Corliss, Esq., S. D. Smith, Esq., Hon. -Rufus Frost, Abiel Abbott, Esq. - -5. _Committee on Moral and Religious Education_ (especially among -colored women of the South).--Rev. H. P. DeForrest, Rev. C. D. Barrows, -Rev. Albert H. Heath, Rev. Henry Hopkins, Rev. I. C. Thatcher, Rev. E. -W. Allen, Rev. Geo. A. Tewksbury. - -6. _Committee on Normal and Higher Education in the South._--Rev. Wm. -W. Adams, D. D., Rev. J. W. Wellman, D. D., Rev. Frederick Alvord, -Rev. E. H. Merrill, D. D., Rev. H. J. Patrick, Rev. R. K. Harlow, Rev. -Calvin Cutler. - -7. _Committee on Church Extension in the South._--Rev. Edward Strong, -D. D., Rev. Wm. L. Gaylord, Rev. A. H. Plumb, Rev. A. E. Winship, Rev. -D. O. Mears, Rev. O. T. Lanphear, D. D., Rev. M. Burnham. - -8. _Committee on Chinese Missions in America._--Rev. E. S. Atwood, Rev. -E. H. Byington, Rev. G. R. W. Scott, Rev. J. D. Kingsbury, Rev. Charles -B. Sumner, Rev. Henry M. Grout, D. D., Rev. J. M. Bell. - -9. _Committee on Indian Missions in America._--Hon. A. C. Barstow, Rev. -Geo. F. Wright, Rev. Cyrus Richardson, Col. Franklin Fairbanks, B. C. -Hardwick, Esq., Rev. A. P. Marvin, Rev. Franklin P. Chapin. - -10. _Committee on African Missions._--Rev. Reuen Thomas, D. D., Rev. -Geo. A. Oviatt, Rev. G. R. Leavitt, Rev. Franklin Ayer, Rev. W. S. -Hubbell, Dea. Edward Kendall, Rev. John C. Labaree, Rev. G. D. Pike. - -11. _Committee on Religious Services and Prayer-Meeting._--Rev. Horace -Winslow, Rev. R. B. Howard. - -I. Paper by Rev. M. E. Strieby, D. D. Subject--“The Work of Half a -Generation among the Freedmen.” Committee--Rev. Daniel T. Fiske, D. D., -Rev. Geo. E. Street, Rev. James H. Lyon, Rev. E. P. Blodgett, Rev. Geo. -E. Freeman, Rev. Henry A. Blake. - -II. By Rev. Stacy Fowler. Subject--“The Element of Present Time -all-important in what we do to save this Country.” Committee--Rev. -Jacob Ide, Jr., Rev. W. W. Woodworth, Rev. Chester W. Hawley, Rev. -Davis Foster, Rev. Henry E. Barnes. - -III. By Rev. Geo. Leon Walker, D. D. Subject--“The Denominational -Polity of the American Missionary Association.” Committee--Rev. Samuel -P. Leeds, D. D., Rev. Ephraim Flint, D. D., Rev. Henry W. Jones, Rev. -J. B. Clark, Rev. John V. Hilton. - -IV. By Rev. Ebenezer Cutler, D. D. Subject--“A Revival of Righteousness -in the Prosecution of Christian Work among the Despised Races of -America.” Committee--Rev. B. F. Hamilton, Rev. Wm. V. W. Davis, Rev. H. -D. Walker, Rev. Henry R. Craig, Rev. Wm. T. Briggs. - -V. By Rev. C. L. Woodworth. Subject--“America’s Opportunity the World’s -Salvation.” Committee--Rev. J. M. Green, Rev. Samuel Bell, Rev. G. -F. Stanton, Rev. Chas. P. Nason, Rev. Franklin S. Hatch, Rev. J. K. -Aldrich. - -Rev. Stephen M. Newman reported the order of exercises for the ensuing -sessions. Secretary Strieby urged upon the Association the need of -prayer in the meetings. The President called upon the Rev. E. B. -Hooker to lead in prayer. After singing, the Benediction was pronounced -by Rev. E. H. Merrill, D. D. The Association then adjourned until 7.30 -P. M. - - -Evening Session. - -At 7.30 P. M. the President called the Association to order. Scriptures -were read and prayer offered by Rev. Daniel T. Fiske, D. D. Rev. Samuel -E. Herrick, D. D. delivered a sermon from I Peter, ii. 9. Secretary -Strieby offered the closing prayer. The Association then adjourned -until nine A. M. of Wednesday. - - -Wednesday, October 30. - -At 8.15 a prayer-meeting was conducted by Rev. Horace Winslow. At nine, -the Association was called to order by Pres. Edward S. Tobey. Prayer -was offered by Rev. John O. Means. - -Rev. Stacy Fowler, of Cambridge, read a paper on “The Element of -Present Time all-important in what we do to save this Country.” - -Rev. George Leon Walker, D. D., read a paper on “The Denominational -Polity of the American Missionary Association.” - -District-Secretary Chas. L. Woodworth read a paper on “America’s -Opportunity the World’s Salvation.” - -After singing, the Association adjourned until two P. M. - - -Afternoon Session. - -At two P. M. the Association was called to order by President Edward S. -Tobey. The session was opened with singing “How firm a foundation ye -saints of the Lord,” and with prayer by Rev. Stephen H. Hayes. - -Rev. Ebenezer Cutler, D. D., of Worcester, read a paper upon “The -Revival of Righteousness in the Prosecution of Christian Work among the -Despised Races of America,” which was referred to a committee. - -Hon. Amos C. Barstow, of Providence, R. I., read the report of the -committee on the Indians as follows: - - The Committee to whom was referred so much of the Annual Report as - relates to the work of the Association among the Indians, are glad - to be able to approve the action of the Executive Committee for the - past year, both with respect to its missions and its agencies. They - beg also to indorse and emphasize the sentiment--twice repeated in - the Report--that “the unsettled condition of the Indians, growing out - of their frequent and enforced removal, sometimes for long distances, - and at short notice, continues to rob the efforts put forth in their - behalf of much of their rightful success.” - - Like the dove sent out from the Ark, the Indian has found no rest - for the sole of his foot. Of the 275,000 Indians in what is now our - country, fifty years ago 130,000 were east of the Mississippi River, - where now but 25,000 remain. - - At first we were content to crowd them beyond the Mississippi, but our - example at the East has proved contagious among the settlers of the - new States west of the Mississippi, and now all these States, by their - influence over the General Government, are emptying their Indians into - the Territories. The Pawnees and Poncas, and the great bands of Sioux - Indians, under those famous chiefs Red Cloud and Spotted Tail--in all - 15,000--have been pushed out of Nebraska within two years. The great - States of Iowa and Kansas have but 1,000 each remaining in their - borders, and Missouri has none. At the present moment, Colorado is - making an effort to push the 3,200 Ute Indians, who have always lived - upon her soil, either beyond her borders or up into the mountains, - 7,000 feet above the sea level, and far above the possibility of - self-support. - - The Stockbridge Indians, whose original home was amid the beautiful - valleys of old Berkshire, in Massachusetts, and who, while there--130 - years ago--enjoyed the stated ministry of David Brainard, and - afterwards of Jonathan Edwards, were moved west as far as the State - of New York, ninety years ago. Since then they have been moved five - times, and now a remnant of the tribe occupy a little reservation in - Northern Wisconsin. Why should they have been exposed to such perils - as haunt a people, thus violently and repeatedly torn up by the roots, - and compelled to make new homes far distant from the graves of their - sires? Or, rather, civilized and Christianized as they are and were, - why should they not long ago have come to individual homestead rights - of portions of their land in fee, _with citizenship_, as do multitudes - of foreigners, of far less education? Instead of girding the Indians - about with bands of love, and holding them to their ancient homes, - where they could be easily reached by Gospel influences, the nation - has taken it for granted that the “wilderness and solitary place” was - the only fit home for them; and therefore, in the expressive language - of Red Cloud, has “kept them on wheels.” We have been crowding them - before the ever-increasing column of our Western emigration, and even - now, the hand of the nation does not spare, neither does its heart - relent. The Santee and other bands of Indians, fully civilized, are - now petitioners for the right to take up homesteads that shall cover - the present allotments, already cultivated and improved by them. Their - petition is indorsed by the Indian Bureau and Interior Department, - and though urged upon Congress last winter by all the added influence - of the Board of Indian Commissioners, nothing was done. Congress has - always shown more willingness to _feed_ the Indians than to _locate_ - them. To secure progress in civilization, we must locate them--give - them permanent homes, with all the motives for industry which they - will inspire. To herd and feed them from the public crib permanently, - like cattle, is to degrade and pauperize them, rather than to civilize - and bring them to self-support. - - There is a feeling quite too common in the community, that Indians, - after all, are only _outlaws_, _Ishmaelites_, _savages_, “having no - rights which white men are bound to respect,” and no elements of - character which encourage efforts for their improvement. - - A popular encyclopædia affirms that, “as a race, the animal - propensities in the Indian strongly preponderate over the - intellectual, and render their civilization, even with the help of - education and Christianity, an event _hardly to be hoped for_.” - Neither the experience of Christian philanthropists, nor the facts of - history, will justify this sweeping assertion. - - We do not claim that they have taken on them the nature of angels. - We only claim that they are MEN, and that our Divine Master made no - mistake in giving His Gospel to enlighten them, His blood to redeem - them, or His command to us to publish that Gospel to them. If Eliot - and Brainard and Edwards found encouragement for Christian efforts in - their behalf, why may not the Christians of this generation labor for - them with hope? Are we wiser or better than they? Or are the Indians - worse and their condition more hopeless, than in the days of our - fathers? - - It is safe to affirm, in spite of all the obstacles in their path, - that, under the efforts put forth in their behalf, many of the Indian - tribes are making commendable progress in civilization, and large - numbers of them are bringing forth in their lives the peaceable fruits - of righteousness. - - We, therefore, recommend not only that the Association continue its - work for the evangelization of the Indians, but that it enlarge and - extend it, as fast as God in His providence may open the way. - - A. C. BARSTOW, - COL. FRANKLIN FAIRBANKS, - REV. A. P. MARVIN, - REV. GEO. F. WRIGHT. - - -On motion, it was voted that the report be accepted, and taken up for -discussion on Thursday forenoon. - -The report of the committee on the paper of Rev. George L. Walker, D. -D. was read by Rev. Samuel P. Leeds, D. D., who opened the discussion -of the report, followed by Rev. Samuel Harrison, of Pittsfield, and -Rev. Addison P. Foster, of Jersey City. Secretary Strieby was invited -to speak upon the pending question. Rev. George Juchau and Rev. David -O. Mears continued the discussion. - -On motion of Secretary Strieby, it was voted “That the papers read -before this body, together with the reports of the committees thereon, -be accepted and referred to the Executive Committee for publication at -its discretion.” - -Rev. Benj. F. Hamilton, D. D., gave the report of the committee on the -paper presented by Rev. Ebenezer Cutler, D. D. The report was discussed -by Rev. Benj. F. Hamilton, Rev. Albert H. Plumb, Rev. Jesse Jones, Rev. -G. B. Willcox, D. D., and Rev. George F. Wright. - -Rev. Jeremiah K. Aldrich, of Nashua, reported in behalf of the -committee upon the paper presented by Dist. Sec. Chas. L. Woodworth. -The report was discussed by Secretary Strieby, and Rev. Geo. F. -Stanton, of Weymouth. The report was accepted, and the following -resolution, appended thereto, was adopted: - - _Resolved_, That, as God raised up His ancient people, and made them - the repository of the truth, to prepare the way for the advent of the - Saviour, when the fullness of time should come, so He has raised up - this nation to carry forward that truth to its final consummation, - and that it becometh us to put forth every possible effort for - accomplishing this work, in humble reliance upon the direct agency - of the Holy Spirit, believing that God will bless well-directed, - earnest Christian effort, energize and apply the truth by the personal - presence and power of a living Christ; and that we regard the American - Missionary Association as one of the most direct and efficient - agencies for securing this end, and would press its claim upon our - churches for an increase in benevolent contributions, that its work - may be enlarged and prosecuted with increased vigor. - -At 5.15 the Association adjourned to meet at 7.30 P. M. Benediction by -Rev. Daniel T. Fiske, D. D. - - -Evening Session. - -7.30.--President Edward S. Tobey in the chair. Rev. Thomas T. Richmond -offered prayer. The evening session was occupied by those who were -formerly in the employ of the Association. - -Addresses were made by Rev. Charles M. Southgate, of Dedham., Rev. -Sylvanus Heywood, of N. H., Rev. Martin L. Williston, of N. Y., and -Rev. Walter S. Alexander, of New Orleans, President of Straight -University. - -During the evening the choir sang several Jubilee Songs. - -Adjourned at 9.30 P. M. to meet Thursday morning at nine A. M. - - -Thursday Morning Session. - -Rev. D. O. Mears conducted a prayer-meeting at 8.15 A. M. President -Tobey called the Association to order at 9.15 A. M. Prayer was offered -by Rev. William Mellen. - -Rev. Davis Foster read the report of the committee on the paper -presented by Rev. Stacy Fowler. - -Rev. Daniel T. Fiske, D. D., read the report of the committee on the -paper presented by Secretary Strieby. - -Hon. Edmund D. Sawyer gave the report of the committee on Finance as -follows: - - The Committee appointed to consider and examine the Financial - statement of the American Missionary Association, covering the - receipts and expenditures for the year ending September 30th, 1878, - respectfully submit the following Report: - - The receipts from all sources have been $195,601.65, or about thirteen - thousand dollars less than for the preceding year. The expenses, - including amounts paid for church and educational work, publications, - cost of collecting funds and cost of administration, have been - $167,728.23. There is due the Tillotson Normal and Collegiate - Institute $2,446.31, and there has been paid towards cancelling - the debt $25,427.11. Of the amount paid upon the debt, the sum of - $17,904.92 was contributed directly for the purpose, and $7,522.19 - has been saved from the income of the year. Your Committee are happy - to testify, that the administration of the affairs of the Association - appears to have been conducted with wisdom, ability and faithfulness. - While the work for the year has not been curtailed, the receipts have - been less. Yet from them quite a sum has been saved towards cancelling - the indebtedness. It is greatly to be regretted, that the receipts - during the year have not been sufficient to pay in full the debt, as - there still remains unpaid, and unprovided for, the sum of $30,439.79. - Certainly it would seem that our churches could easily contribute this - sum, which, if done, would give your Executive Committee new courage - to plan for the extension of work now so well established and wisely - conducted. - - Your Committee would suggest that an effort be made to extend - the paying circulation of the monthly publication, the “AMERICAN - MISSIONARY,” which is now so attractive and desirable, communicating - as it does, information relating to the operations and needs of the - Association, and the progress made in the different fields of its - occupation. The administrative expenses seem to us small, compared - with the magnitude and importance of the work accomplished, giving - evidence that this department is conducted with great economy, and - most conscientious fidelity. - - When we consider the nature and extent of the work committed to the - care of this organization, and that the appeal comes to us as a - Christian duty, to help educate and Christianize these millions of our - own citizens, now living in a condition of ignorance and degradation, - we are forced to the conclusion, that our churches do not realize - sufficiently, either their obligation or privilege, to meet the call - with liberal and glad contributions. - - The annual receipts of this Association, engaged in Christian work - second in importance of no other, ought to be greatly increased. May - we not ask the Pastors of our churches, to bring to the attention - of their congregations, the necessities of those for whom this - Association is laboring; and we urge individual Christians to such - faithful labor and consecration as will extend a knowledge of the - needs and deepen the interest felt in this great and good work, so - that contributions may be largely increased. - - From an examination of the various statements submitted, showing in - detail the operations of the Association, and the condition of the - property interests it has in charge, your Committee are prepared to - commend it most heartily to the continued confidence and sympathy of - our churches, and to recommend that every effort be made to secure - enlarged receipts, so that the debt shall speedily be paid and the - increased work that so needs to be done can be undertaken. - - E. H. SAWYER. - A. L. WILLISTON. - - -The report was discussed by Secretary Strieby, District-Secretaries -Woodworth, Pike, and Powell, Hon. E. D. Sawyer, Rev. George F. Stanton, -Rev. Addison P. Foster, Rev. Cyrus W. Wallace, D. D., Hon. Edward S. -Tobey, Rev. Rowland B. Howard, Rev. Albert H. Plumb. - -Rev. John S. Ewell led in prayer. - -On motion, it was voted “that a committee of three be appointed to -present to the churches the expression of the Association concerning -its debt.” The Rev. George A. Oviatt, Rev. George F. Stanton and Rev. -William L. Gaylord were appointed such committee. - -Rev. Heman P. DeForrest read the report of the committee on “Moral and -Religious Education,” as follows: - - The Committee, to whom was assigned the topic of “Moral and Religious - Education, especially among the colored women of the South,” offer - their Report with a deep conviction of the central and commanding - importance of the work thus indicated. The two faculties which, in the - Freedman, need chief attention, are his intellect and his conscience. - Of these, the moral faculty must take precedence in importance. By the - effect of slavery, and its accompanying influences, acting through - many generations, a blight amounting, in some directions, well-nigh to - extinguishment, has fallen upon his moral sense. His education, under - the old system, did not develop this faculty, for it was only the hard - education of rough contact with life and with men, which, indeed, - sharpened his intellect sometimes, but buried conscience yet deeper - under the weight of false teaching and falser custom. His religion - did not help him here, for it has been a sensuous and emotional - experience, not deemed inconsistent with the grossest violations of - moral law. It is the work of Associations like this to solemnize, - in his behalf, the marriage, subject to no subsequent divorce, of - religion and morality. And it is, we believe, a happy quality of the - genius of Congregationalism, that it will not pour oil upon the flame - of emotional piety, but will chiefly emphasize the spiritual truths - and moral laws which forever underlie all true religion. - - But now the question arises, whether, in all our planning and thinking - for the Freedman, too little has not been said and thought by our - churches in regard to the Freedwoman. - - She, like her brother, has been debased by slavery; debased, moreover, - in the very citadel of her sacred womanhood, until the very instinct - on which the sanctity of the home must rest, if it exist at all, has - become almost extirpated. - - There can be no elevation of the Freedman that does not rest upon - the moral restoration of the Freedwoman. The position of woman is - everywhere the measure of moral attainment, and here, where she has - become the sport and lawful prey of two races, she more than ever - holds the key of the situation. - - The feeling, gaining strength through all the experience of our - missionaries and teachers and superintendents, that an effort needs - to be made for her benefit distinctly, now demands expression in the - councils of this body. - - Your Committee has no new light upon this subject; it has no specific - to offer for the evil which makes so great a demand upon our sympathy. - We can only appeal to this body, and to the churches, whether now, - in the spectacle of two and a half millions of Freedwomen, of whom - only a mere fraction are yet under the influence of schools and pure - churches, lifting up their cry, not “from Greenland’s icy mountains, - nor India’s coral strand,” nor whence “Afric’s sunny fountains roll - down their golden sand,” but from the sunny half of these United - States of America, we have not a call of God, which the dullest ear - cannot fail to hear. And we, brethren and sisters, are charged with - the duty of responding to this cry, with no uncertain sound. - - The Committee feel the responsibility which rests upon them in - undertaking to propose new measures, and hesitate to offer too radical - suggestions. Yet, they cannot be deaf to the appeal of this kind - of work, or content themselves with vague and general exhortations. - We hail as a good omen, and as an indication of Providence as to the - course to be taken, the fact that already, through the influence of - one Christian lady of the Northwest, a lady missionary, specially - instructed to labor among the homes of the Freedmen, by personal - contact, for the moral and religious education of the colored woman, - is now actually at work. Our recommendation is that, following out - this beginning, Christian women of mature experience and wise tact be - appointed, to such an extent as funds will permit, who shall labor - for the elevation of the Freedwomen, by those methods of personal - influence which are, of all, most efficient. We believe that in no - other way can we strike so nearly at the root of the ignorance and - immorality which, in behalf of the Freedmen, we contend against. - - But, obviously, it would not be right to take the funds appropriated - for education or church extension for this purpose, and thereby - curtail a work which needs, on the contrary, to be at once extended. - Whence shall the support of these lady workers come, then? - - We feel constrained, in reply, to appeal to that large and earnest - body to whom we are not wont to appeal in vain--the Christian women of - our Northern churches. Suppose that in each church an appeal should be - made to the ladies, already doing much in missionary work, and sending - generous supplies of clothing and other necessaries to the Freedmen, - to assume the responsibility of supporting, either themselves or in - conjunction with neighboring churches, these female workers among the - Freedwomen. Could they, would they resist the appeal of this sister of - theirs, upon whom iron despotism has set its mark of deep degradation, - through no fault of hers, and who now lifts up appealing eyes, - pleading to be restored to the sisterhood of the pure and the holy, - to whom manhood owes all that is noblest and highest in its proudest - development? We know them better than to imagine any such refusal. We - believe the Christian women of the North, when once this channel is - opened, will see in it their choice opportunity, and respond in a way - that shall set forward our work by a great advance. - - And we further offer the suggestion, following again a thought which - has been born, and has already, to a degree, taken form, in the field - of labor, that in the principal centres of the Southern field, local - organizations of women may be constituted, which shall have special - charge of this work, and through which the funds raised may be applied - to their purpose. - - By this three-fold chain of operations--the appointment of Christian - women of mature character to special labor among the Freedwomen, - the organization of local boards of women at the several centres of - operation, and support by the Christian ladies of the North--it seems - to the Committee that this important and too long neglected work - may be simply and effectually accomplished. And, as rapidly as the - developments will allow, we believe the work in the field should be - passed into the hands of the elevated and Christianized Freedwoman - herself, who, not only by visitation, but by the example of her own - holy womanhood, and her own Christian home, shall disseminate the - forces of light through all the darkness of the land where she lives. - - REV. H. P. DEFORREST. - - -Rev. G. S. Pope, of Tougaloo, Miss., spoke upon the topic. - -The report of the committee on the “Normal Work of the Association” was -presented by Rev. W. W. Adams, D. D., as follows: - - Your Committee congratulate the Association on the work of the year, - as represented in the Report. It is but seventeen years since the - first school for Freedmen was opened, and but twelve years since the - first Normal school was started. Last year 7,229 pupils were under - instruction in the schools of this Association, of whom 1,459 were in - Normal schools. The increase in the number of pupils of all grades - last year, over the number of the year before, was 1,789; in Normal - schools the increase was 126; in college and professional schools, 50. - The eagerness of the colored people to obtain at least a rudimentary - education has ever been a most encouraging sign. The young man who - last year walked fifty miles with his trunk upon his back that he - might enter school, recalls the zeal of the late Dr. Goodell, of - Constantinople, who, in his youth, also walked sixty miles, with a - trunk strapped upon his back, that he might enter the Phillips Academy - at Andover. The demand for teachers from the Normal schools--quite - beyond the ability to supply them--is one of the surest indications - that the schools are meeting an urgent need. But the tendency of - some pupils to consider themselves qualified to become teachers, - after obtaining the merest rudiments of knowledge, is earnestly to be - deprecated and discouraged. It needs to be dealt with as an easily - besetting sin. The replacing of the burned buildings by new ones, at - a cost within the amounts of insurance recovered, the better location - of some of them, the increasing, and increasingly expressed sympathy - of the better classes of Southern whites with the educational work of - the Association, are also occasions of congratulation. The devotion - of a portion of the time of pupils to manual labor is to be commended - on grounds of economy, of industrial training, of the best and most - diversified moral culture. - - We very earnestly commend to the friends of the Association the appeal - of its officers for permanent endowments of the higher institutions. - The elevation of the colored race must be in large measure the work - of colored men and women. But they must first be trained for their - work in institutions established among them. Without endowment there - is no assurance of permanence in the institutions we have already - given them; without endowment they are not established; the labor - of the past is not secured from total loss in the future. It needs - to be distinctly emphasized, also, that the permanent establishment - of educational institutions of a high order is the great work - of this Association among the colored men, and the foundation - for all uplifting work beside. The continuous training of our - schools--intellectual, industrial, social and moral training, all - in one--is needed for the development of higher ideals and nobler - types of character, and, we are happy to add, has already resulted in - such development in not a few of the pupils. This training is needed - as a counterpoise to the operation, otherwise mischievous because - unbalanced, of some prominent forces of the African temperament; - needed to hold the imagination within the limits of reason and - righteousness, to curb emotional excess, to save life from becoming - the sport of changeful impulses. Experience has proved that the - training given changes the type of piety greatly for the better. It - is not less fervent, but it is less exclusively and wildly emotional. - It becomes more rational, more consistent; it has more of principle - and character in it; it is more truly a service of righteousness, more - reputable, more effective for good. In order that church membership - may be helpful rather than harmful to righteousness, and that church - life among the Africans may be genuinely Christian, there is urgent - need of a worthier Christian education of the African ministry. It - is peculiarly our work to give that education. The general education - provided for through our Normal schools is indispensable, that the - colored people may deserve and command the respect of their white - fellow-citizens at the South; that they may clearly understand their - rights as citizens; may know how to secure them and make wise use of - them. - - It has been truly said that the work of uplifting the colored race - is, from beginning to end, a long, slow process of education. In that - process the Normal schools and higher institutions of the American - Missionary Association have a place second in importance to no other. - We have begun a good work; the question now is, whether we shall do it - or leave it undone through lack of establishing the institutions we - have founded. - - REV. WM. W. ADAMS, D. D. - REV. J. W. WELLMAN, D. D. - REV. E. H. MERRILL, D. D. - - -Remarks were made upon the report by Rev. Edward H. Merrill, D. D. - -After singing, the Association adjourned to meet at two P. M. - - -Afternoon Session. - -At two P. M., the Lord’s Supper was celebrated; Rev. Joshua W. Wellman, -D. D., and Rev. Cyrus W. Wallace, D. D., officiating. - -The Association was called to order at 2.45 P. M., President E. S. -Tobey in the chair. - -The committee on the debt of the Association, to which Secretary -Strieby was added, presented the following statement and suggestions: - - The American Missionary Association at its meeting in Taunton, Mass., - adopted the following statement and suggestions respecting its debt: - - The debt of this Association has been, and still is, a great hindrance - to its progress, preventing that advance which is so much needed - along the whole line of endeavors. The Association welcomes, with - hearty thanks to God, the report of its treasurer, announcing the - still further reduction of the debt, bringing the amount down, if - all pledges are paid, to $25,000. An effort having been made at this - meeting to secure pledges of $25 each, encouraging responses were - made, amounting to over $3,000. - - In view of these facts it was resolved that an effort be made for - the total extinction of the debt, and the following suggestions are - offered as to the methods in which our friends may aid us: - - 1. Individuals and households, who are interested in our work, may - send pledges of one or more shares (of $25 each), as their ability - and benevolence may suggest, the more wealthy being asked to remember - that if the debt is paid, some of the contributions must be large and - liberal. - - 2. Pastors may invite their congregations to make such pledges. - - 3. Pastors may (as some have volunteered at this meeting to do) bring - the subject before the local conferences, and awaken an interest in - securing such pledges. - - 4. The Day of Thanksgiving is near at hand, and a glad offering for - this purpose may be an acceptable gift to the God of all mercies, as - well as helpful to the Association. - - 5. The holiday season, not far distant, may be made the occasion of - like offerings. The Association intrusts to its Executive officers the - duty of selecting and carrying out the best methods for laying these - suggestions before the friends of the despised races of America. - -The report was accepted and adopted. - -Rev. Edward Strong, D. D., read the report of the Committee on Church -Extension, as follows: - - The Committee to whom was referred the portion of the Annual Report - which relates to Church Extension at the South, submit the following: - - We notice that the church work, like the educational, is growing on - our hands. Five new churches--especially if each prove a metropolitan - or mother church--is a gain for which to give thanks and from which - to take courage. Sixty-five churches in all, though most of them - are connected with our educational institutions, or near them, is - certainly not a bad showing for thirteen years of labor. - - We notice also, with pleasure, a cheering growth the last year by - conversions from the world. In fifteen only of the churches, this - growth gives a total of 358 additions, an average of twenty-four. Have - our Northern churches done so well? It is equally gratifying to learn - what kind of Christians our churches South are making, or seeking to - make; to know our students are pledged to work; what these converts - think of the standard of morality enjoined by the Gospel; the honesty, - purity and truth--in short, the practical righteousness which God - ordains. We rejoice to know that this Association has planted, and is - training, these Southern churches to be the salt of that part of the - earth--cities on a hill, lights in dark places--so recognized, having - the reputation of being Bible Christians--industrious, virtuous, - zealous of good works--thus already having obtained a good report. - - It is cheering to learn that some of the best of the pastors of these - sixty-five churches have been raised not only from bondage, but from - all the degradation of slavery--boys picked up in the street, and - polished like diamonds, for the Master’s use. - - We have certainly made a beginning in the matter of church extension, - as in that of education. Not the least gratifying feature is seen - in the character, the growing influence, and reputation, even among - the whites, which these churches enjoy, though some of them are - numerically small. By your instrumentality and the grace of God, they - have learned what a Christian character is, and that Christ’s friends - are not those who can sing loud and pray loud, whether they are honest - or thievish, tell the truth or lies, are virtuous or licentious; not - those who, with these immoralities, crowd sanctuaries and make them - echo; but, rather, those who keep the commandments of God. - - This Association crowded the years before the war fighting against the - extension of slavery; then crowded the years during the war, and those - immediately following it, with efforts to teach the colored people - to read the Bible; and later, devoted itself to the work of planting - higher institutions--as at Hampton and Nashville and New Orleans--in - order to make of the blacks men of a higher, nobler type, teaching and - preaching men, worthy to lead their host. Shall it now set them to no - grand work of evangelization among their fellows? - - The question is, whether you, who have always been identified with - Congregationalism, and still love it, after long trial and large - observation, will give it a fair trial South? We rejoice in your plan - to move slowly in this, and wisely. We warmly approve your selection - of Dr. J. E. Roy to reconnoitre the whole field, and report. - - Palfrey says, “Faith in God, faith in man, and in work,” was the - brief formula taught by the founders of New England. May we not, the - children of the Pilgrims, have faith enough in God and in these men to - give them the church polity of these founders? - - We are encouraged to recommend the planting of Congregational churches - among the blacks, because we have great advantages in so doing. The - eager aspiration of the blacks to be men, will help. Congregationalism - has a clean record South. Has any other of our leading denominations? - There is no prejudice to be overcome by it, as a polity. In the - competitions of the denominations on the ground, will not there be - an advantage for us? Then, again, the colored people look upon this - Association as a tried friend, and trust it. Is not this an advantage? - And, further, has not Providence opened the South to our polity, as - well as piety, in a marked manner? The work already accomplished has - shown the tree to be good, and given it favor widely, even among the - old masters. Hence the aid given to our institutions by several of - the States. Hence the high hope of many whites, that our work will do - much to tone up the blacks in all that belongs to good citizenship, - good morality, and proper church discipline. As Mohammedan Turkey, - and Pagan Hawaii and India, have welcomed the Christian homes planted - among them by the missionaries, and as the mission churches have been - a leaven of light in their social and political life, so it has been, - and will more and more be, as you establish your church centres over - the South. - - In conclusion, then, we approve what seems to be the thought of the - Executive Committee--to “advance its activities in the direction of - saving souls at the South, and organize churches of our polity, as - really missionary centres of leavening influence. Let the trial of our - polity at the South be a fair and full one, carrying out our ideas - of Christian doctrine and morality. Thus, as we pray and believe, - will that wilderness the sooner bud and blossom like the rose.” We - recommend, therefore, the adoption of the following resolution: - - _Resolved_, That this Association approves the plan of its Executive - Committee--to make a careful examination of the field at the South, - and infuse new activity into its church work, organizing churches, - where the way is open, on the principles of the Congregational order. - - REV. EDWARD STRONG, D. D. - REV. WM. L. GAYLORD. - REV. A. H. PLUMB. - REV. D. O. MEARS. - REV. O. T. LANPHEAR, D. D. - -The resolution was adopted. - -Rev. Edward S. Atwood, of Salem, presented the report of the committee -upon the “Chinese in America,” as follows: - - The Committee, to whom was referred that portion of the Annual Report - which relates to mission work among the Chinese in America, would - respectfully submit the following: - - We recognize with satisfaction the positive and demonstrable success - of the Association in this department of labor--a success emphatically - evidenced by the 1,500 gathered into the day-schools; the increased - usefulness of the Bethany Home; the seventy-five conversions during - the year, and the ardent desire of these newly-born souls for the - Gospel light to shine on their native and beloved land. Were we to - stop here and content ourselves with the mere statistics of progress, - we should have no hesitation in saying to the officers and the - missionaries of the Association, “Servants of God, well done!” - - But simple justice compels a larger view of the matter. There is - something to be taken into account besides these nominal assets. The - chief worth of the work done lies in the fact that, in the doing of - it, the Association has been loyal to its old and fixed theory, that - a man is a man everywhere and always, with a soul to be saved, and - a Saviour sufficient for its needs. Questions of nationality are - irrelevant. The simple fact of humanity is all that needs to be known - in order to institute a legitimate claim for the giving of the Gospel, - by those who have it in trust. In this department of work, loyalty - has not been an easy matter. The rough, unreasoning passions of the - mob have glanced fiercely against it. Iniquity, baptised with the - name of legislation, has endeavored to thwart it. The conciliatory - conservatism of timid, good men, has been eager to dispense its - soporific platitudes, and generous in prescribing its universal - panacea for all difficulties--“Let us have peace!” The unwarrantable - enmity to the Mongolian on the Pacific Coast has been supplemented - and reinforced by the unaccountable apathy on the Atlantic shore of - the continent. Yet, undaunted by these accumulated obstacles, the - Association has said, like the great Missionary Apostle; “None of - these things move me.” “The waves of the Yellow Sea,” it has said, - “break on a land peopled by men for whom Christ died. If we can reach - them without crossing thousands of intervening leagues of ocean, so - much the better.” In spite of hostility, often white-hot; in spite of - statute books, whose leaves were blistered with iniquitous provisions; - in spite of the furious rage of lawless crowds, the Association has - passed through the thick and peril of opposition of every sort, - and taken by the hand the despised Mongolian, against whom so many - scowling faces were set, and so many angry hands raised, and called - him “Brother,” claiming kinship, and tendering the richest offices - of help. For this, especially, the constituency of this Association - should say to its management: “Vastly well done.” The old banner under - which the Society was organized is still “full high advanced.” It is - no small honor in these degenerate times to find men who are faithful - to their trust at any cost. - - But more than this, it is believed that in this department the - Association is doing germinal work. The few early ears that have - ripened for our encouragement are types and prophecies of a greater - coming harvest. In any other view of the matter the religion of the - Gospel is spiritual class legislation. It is suited to the needs of - the few and not the many. The Cross loses its power under the shadow - of the Great Wall; and men scorn, as well they may, such a deduction - as that; they are shut up to the only other possible conclusion, that - the school, the mission work, the unfolded Word, will effect in the - Pacific Coast, and among the Chinese immigrants, just what it effects - here and among us. And, therefore, we say to the Association that its - high mission in this hour is to push its work. Let it turn a deaf ear - to all pleadings to stay its hand, however plausible those pleadings - may be, and from whatever quarter they may come. Let it distrust the - shallow expedients of so-called statesmen, who are even shallower than - their expedients. Let it give no heed to the unreasoning taunts and - empty rage of Communism, but push its work; secure in the fact that - back of its efforts is the intelligent Christian public sentiment of - the land; and still more encouraged by the greater fact, that the God - who has made of one blood all nations, and provided one Gospel for all - men, is saying with an emphasis that cannot be mistaken, “Go forward!” - - REV. E. S. ATWOOD. - REV. G. R. W. SCOTT. - -The report was discussed by Rev. E. S. Atwood, Rev. Jesse H. Jones, of -North Abington, Rev. Geo. E. Freeman, of Abington, Rev. A. P. Marvin, -of Lancaster, Rev. S. H. Emery, of Taunton, and Col. Amos Tappan, of -Ipswich. The report was accepted, and the resolution adopted. - -Rev. Geo. A. Oviatt gave the report in behalf of the committee on the -“Work of the Association in Africa” as follows: - - Your Committee on so much of the report of the Executive Committee - as relates to the Mendi Mission in Africa, beg leave to submit the - following: - - At the time of the last Annual Meeting of this body, the first company - of colored missionaries was on its way to the Mendi Mission. The plan - of sending out to Africa men and women of African descent redeemed - from American slavery, converted and educated at the South, was long - and thoroughly considered before it was adopted for action. Great care - was exercised in selecting this first band of colored missionaries, - and it is evident that the right workers were sent forth to test the - experiment--persons of deep, earnest piety, of more than ordinary - common sense, and of sound education, as their communications to the - Executive Committee show. In February two other missionaries, and - their wives, were sent out to help the too small number of those who - set sail for Africa in September. - - This year’s trial has proved two things: (1) That persons of African - descent can endure the sickly climate of the country of which their - ancestors were natives, better than white missionaries: and (2) That - converted and educated Freedmen and women are equal to the work - of wise, thorough missionary labor in the land of their fathers. - Everything at the stations to which these brethren and sisters were - sent, seems to have been improved under their management. Converts - have been multiplied and pupils gathered into the schools in augmented - numbers. - - The call is for an enlarged number of missionaries to occupy this - promising field, and for more ample provisions to enable them to take - a larger number of native children into their homes, “to be under - their care, as well as removed from the debasing influences of their - heathen surroundings.” - - The Executive Committee express the hope that, with the strengthening - of these mission stations, “they may be made the point of departure - for a mission into the interior of Africa.” - - It is a grand, inspiriting idea, that the men and women the best - adapted to civilize and Christianize the millions of Africa, are to - be found among those who, at the South, were so lately in bondage, - and fitted for their work as foreign missionaries in Normal schools, - Colleges, and Theological Seminaries, planted and sustained by - Northern philanthropists and Christians, not on Northern but Southern - soil. - - The Executive Committee can only delay to enlarge these missionary - operations in Africa on account of the too limited amount of means in - the Treasury of the Association. - - Your Committee present the following _Resolutions_: - - 1. That we recognize with heartfelt gratitude to God, His evident - approval of the plan of attempting to evangelize Africa by the sons - and daughters of Africans born in this country, brought out of slavery - under the Proclamation of Emancipation of President Lincoln, and here - converted and educated for this glorious work in their fatherland. - - 2. That we cannot do otherwise than lay on the churches the - responsibility of increasing their contributions in aid of this - Association, so as to enable it, at once, to enlarge its operations - connected with the Mendi Mission, in the hope of sending from this, as - a centre, bands of laborers into the interior of the continent. - - REV. GEO. A. OVIATT. - REV. FRANKLIN AYER. - REV. JOHN C. LABAREE. - REV. G. D. PIKE. - -The resolutions were adopted. - -The report was discussed by Rev. G. D. Pike, and was then accepted, and -the resolution adopted. - - -Rev. George M. Boynton presented, as the report of the Nominating -Committee, the following nominations: - - -PRESIDENT. - - HON. E. S. TOBEY, Boston. - - -VICE-PRESIDENTS. - - Hon. F. D. PARISH, Ohio. - Hon. E. D. HOLTON, Wis. - Hon. WM. CLAFLIN, Mass. - Rev. STEPHEN THURSTON, D.D., Me. - Rev. SAMUEL HARRIS, D. D., Ct. - WILLIAM 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. W. 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. GEO. THATCHER, LL. D., Iowa. - Rev. A. L. STOKE, D. D., Cal. - 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 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., - 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., N. Y. - - -DISTRICT SECRETARIES. - - REV. CHARLES L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_. - REV. G. D. PIKE, _New York_. - REV. JAMES POWELL, _Chicago_. - EDGAR KETCHUM, ESQ., _Treasurer_, _N. Y._ - H. W. HUBBARD, ESQ., _Assistant Treasurer_, _N. Y._ - REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _Recording Secretary_, _N. Y._ - - -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. - SAMUEL HOLMES. - S. S. JOCELYN. - ANDREW LESTER. - CHAS. L. MEAD. - JOHN H. WASHBURN. - G. B. WILLCOX. - - -By vote of the Association, the officers named by the committee were -elected. President Tobey made remarks appropriate to his election as -President. - -By vote of the Association, the report of the committee on the Indians -was taken from the table, and discussed by President Tobey. - -By invitation, Rev. Dr. Rust, Corresponding Secretary of the Freedmen’s -Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, addressed the -Association. - -District-Secretary Powell extended an invitation from the -Congregational Churches of Chicago to the Association, to hold the next -Annual Meeting in Chicago. The Association voted to recommend to the -Executive Committee that, if deemed expedient by them, the invitation -be accepted. - -The Secretary then read the minutes, which were adopted. - -After the Benediction by Rev. Stephen M. Newman, the Association -adjourned to meet at 7.30 P. M. - - -Thursday Evening. - -An audience filling the church assembled at 7.30 o’clock. The services -opened with a voluntary by the choir. Prayer was offered by Rev. -Jonathan Edwards, of Grantville, Mass. The hymn “Great God of nations” -was then sung by the choir and congregation. Secretary Strieby, then -read a paper on “The Work of Half a Generation among the Freedmen.” The -hymn, “The morning light is breaking” was sung. An address by Rev. Dr. -Hartranft, of Hartford, followed. The hymn “My country, ’tis of thee” -was sung. An address was then made by Rev. Albert H. Plumb, of Boston. -The following vote of thanks to the churches of Taunton, for their -reception of the Association, as proposed by Secretary Woodworth, was -unanimously passed: - - The American Missionary Association renders hearty thanks to the - Congregational churches of this city, for the invitation to hold its - Thirty-second Anniversary in Taunton. Especially to the Broadway - church, for the use of its house of worship for the different sessions - of the meeting, and of its chapel and parlors for the Committees and - friends in attendance; to the Winslow church, for the use of its - chapel and parlors for the entertainment of their numerous guests from - abroad; to the families of the Congregational churches, for abounding - and pleasant hospitality; to the Committee of Arrangements, for wise - and generous plans to meet all demands of the meeting and the wants - of the guests; to the chorister and choir of this church, for most - delightful aid in the service of song, and to all who have contributed - to render the meeting a pleasure and a profit to those who have been in - attendance. - - Also, it renders sincere thanks to the writers of the different - papers, and to the Committees and speakers who have given time and - thought, and so greatly aided in the power and success of the meeting. - -A response was made by Rev. Dr. Blake, of the Committee of -Arrangements. The closing prayer was offered by Rev. A. H. Plumb, of -Boston. The Doxology was sung, and, with the Benediction by Rev. Dr. -Hartranft, the Association adjourned. - - * * * * * - - -ADDRESS OF REV. SYLVANUS HEYWOOD. - -MR. PRESIDENT AND CHRISTIAN FRIENDS: - - I do not feel that I can stand here to give any instruction, nor - scarcely any stimulus, in the work you are engaged in. Your presence - is enough for that. But there are four or five points which seem to - need special emphasis at this time--points upon which there appears to - be some doubt in the minds of the people of the North. - - First, is there absolute necessity of a higher education for the - Freedmen in the United States? I do not say of a common-school - education, for all admit the necessity of that. But I apprehend that - there are many people who doubt the policy of founding universities - at the South. I have a suspicion that thousands of dollars have been - withheld from this Association for that very reason. This seems to me - a most important work. I think upon it depends the vital principle - of equal rights for all. You may enact laws, and hedge them about - with penalties for securing the rights of the blacks, but law alone - will prove a failure. But give to them the highest Christian culture, - and they will not only demand, but command, their rights. Give them - a common-school education, and it will be a blessing to them; but - with nothing more, they will remain but hewers of wood and drawers - of water. They will be _in_ society, but not _of_ it. But give them - the highest culture among cultured men, and the case will be far - different. It is too late in the day to raise the question whether - they are capable of this. This Association has demonstrated that, day - by day. I have spent ten years as a teacher among the whites, and two - among the blacks; and I must say that I accomplished more in those two - years than in the ten--more in the way of giving instruction. I say it - is too late to raise that question at all. It is already demonstrated. - Let them be educated with broad culture. Let them have the training - that will put them in possession of practical skill, such as shall - win success. Let them have their own lawyers, well trained in legal - lore, so that they shall be able--in that natural eloquence in which - they excel--to carry conviction to dignified courts. Let them have - clergymen, not only earnest and sanctified, but able to cope with the - deep things of science and theology--men able to stand before the most - learned bodies. Let them have statesmen, well grounded in philosophy, - history and government, so that they will be able not only to win - victories upon the stump, but in the halls of legislation. Let their - homes become homes of Christian culture and social refinement Then, - and not till then, will they cease to struggle for their rights, and - will take them; and not a dog will dare wag his tongue against them. - - I feel that this is a subject of the most vital importance. Whoever - considers it, I think will say that this Association has been wise in - planting these influences at the South. I believe that here lies the - master-key to its social and political problems. - - The next point to which I would call your attention is the necessity - of planting new churches all over the South--Congregational churches. - People ask if they need such churches down there now. Certainly; and - it is practically impossible to work there without them. We must work - there with them. We have heard to-day that the old churches in - the shadow of our institutions have grown purer and better. It is - absolutely necessary that there should be an influence from the outside - upon these churches. Men ask after the Uncle Toms of the South--ask if - it is all imagination. By no means. The Uncle Toms of the South are met - just about as frequently as the Harlan Pages of the North. - - Men say that the old churches largely stand in the way of their own - people. People testify that one of the greatest obstacles in the way - of this educational question is to be found in the pastors themselves - of those churches. As a class, they do not want their flocks to - know more than they do. This is one of the greatest difficulties to - be contended with. We must have churches outside of the old ones. - Does not the grace of God abound in them? Yes, I believe there are - multitudes who have it. But when that question is asked, I am always - reminded of that familiar anecdote of the old clergyman who had a fair - daughter who was noted for her violent temper. A young man became - enamored of her, and asked for her hand. The old man was not willing - to palm off damaged goods. He said, “It is not wise to take her.” - “Why not?” said the young man; “isn’t she a Christian; isn’t she - converted?” “Yes,” said the old man, “but you must remember that the - grace of God can live where you and I can’t.” So the grace of God can - bring forth influences to serve Him down there, but these churches - stand as an obstacle. It is absolutely necessary to form new churches, - that we be not burdened by the old effete organizations. I believe in - Congregationalism. It may be very well for those of a different polity - to talk of the God of the hills and the valleys and the dry places and - streams; but our God is the King of the whole earth. It may be well - for those of a different polity to quote their different authorities, - but the only authority we recognize is the authority of Him whose - dominion stretches from sea to sea and from pole to pole. Such is - Congregationalism. It is adapted to every human being God has made. It - may indeed take on different forms. You have pure, limpid water. Pour - it into different vessels, but it will be the same limpid water still. - So, take Congregationalism in the tropics or wherever you please, and - it will be Congregationalism still. - - Brother Pike would not pardon me if I did not allude to Africa. The - ways of God are mysterious. We must walk by faith, and not by sight. - We hear His voice saying, “This is the way; walk ye in it.” In this - darkness we see His hand. The providence of God towards this nation, - for generations, was exceedingly mysterious. But during the last forty - years it has been becoming exceedingly clear. In the raising of this - Society and the doing away with slavery, we can see almost visibly the - hand of God displayed upon the midnight sky, pointing to that dark - continent, saying we should send these freemen forth as apostles of - light, to purify and make glad their ancestral homes. And I believe - the providence of God is leading us to still greater achievements. - - This Association, born amid the throes of slavery, is almost the - only organization that stands for that principle which underlies the - oneness of humanity. It seems to have been raised up that through - it the churches might bring their influence to bear upon the vital - issue of the hour. What is it? The same as it has been from the - beginning of this nation--the same as in India--caste is the barrier - everywhere. The battle rages to-day from Maine to California between - classes of men. It is for this Association to stand up and contend - against the foes that arise against whatever is good and right. If - this Association ever hesitates thus to stand, whether it be in South - Carolina, Massachusetts, or the Black Hills, then will its prestige be - lost. But, thank God, there is no such fate for this Society. When the - wolves of Communism are barking about our doors; when the shrieks of - degrading socialism come up into our ears, it is no time to hesitate. - It is time to resist their filth and set up the banner of that pure - Gospel, under whose folds can be no bondman--neither Chinaman nor - black--but where all shall enjoy the equality of the sons of God. We - can almost see the hand of God visibly pouring into this nation from - all sides as into the extended hopper of a mighty mill, that here they - may be amalgamated. Here He brought the red man of the forest; then - the Anglo-Saxon race; then He reached out to Africa and plucked - up the black diamond; then He sent the phlegmatic Teutons and the - Scandinavians; and even now He is opening old Cathay and pouring upon - us swarms of Asiatics. “He hath made of one blood all nations of men - that dwell upon the face of the whole earth.” There is no proposition - which so awakens the fiendish hate of mankind as this. States and - nations are rising up in indignation against this purpose of God. It - belongs to Christian people to stand up and denounce God’s curse on - whoever shall deny His will. Accursed be he who dares to keep out - any nation or tribe under the heavens! Accursed any political party - that goes through the country trying to raise a quarrel between men! - Yea, accursed will be the nation itself that dares to make enactments - to separate or make distinctions between races of men! It belongs - to Christian people to stand up, and, in the teeth of antagonism, - in defiance of States, governments, legislatures, and Protestant - Congresses in the United States--to declare, “What God hath joined - together, let not man put asunder.” - - There are many insects from which we shrink with loathing. But here - comes the naturalist who takes his lens and pours in upon the insect - the solar ray, and we stand back in amazement at the beauty and - perfection of the work of God. It is the duty of us all to act the - part of the naturalist towards these despised races--these degraded - classes. Let us put them under the lens of that wonderful utterance: - “Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these ye did it unto - me.” Pour into that lens the light of the last day, and we shall see - them endued with the majesty of the Most High God. - - I believe this the pressing duty of the hour. If we shall take counsel - of our fears--if we are afraid to let Christianity grapple with - infidel Romanism, even with heathenism, God will remand us back to - forty years in the wilderness, but will bring in our children to drive - out these Anakim of our faithless terror. - - * * * * * - - -ADDRESS ON CHINESE MISSIONS IN AMERICA. - -REV. E. S. ATWOOD. - - I am requested to add to the written report a few words, which will - be unreasonably brief, in view of the importance of the subject. - I count it a great misfortune that we should have been obliged to - postpone to the last, weary, unenthusiastic hours of our meeting, the - consideration of a subject which is one of the great problems this - Association is set to solve. It would have been well for us if we had - been allowed time to open the information that is accessible to us on - this subject. There are many who think the Chinese question a very - small affair. We get but faint rumors of it on these Eastern shores. - Yet that little cloud on the Western horizon, not larger than a man’s - hand to-day, is destined to cover the whole land, and will either - be found to be filled with tempests or refreshing rain, according - as the people meet the exigencies of the hour. The Chinese question - will by-and-by, I believe, assume a proportion quite equal to that of - the negro question. There is this peculiarity about it--almost every - other department of work in this Association is amply provided for. - The question of the evangelization of the Indian is comparatively a - temporary question; for not many generations will pass before only - a scattered remnant of Indian tribes will be left in this land. - The welfare and lifting up of the black race is continually under - consideration. But who cares for the Chinese? The discussion in regard - to them is limited and local. And yet their presence on this continent - is a matter of national interest. It starts grave problems, that have - somehow to be studied and solved. - - There are three classes in the land to-day who are studying this - question, and are giving us their conclusions upon it. First of all, - we have the Communists, east and west, who are trying to grapple with - the question, and settle it. We have one Dennis Kearney going up and - down the land, and men say he is a loud-mouthed demagogue, whose - utterances have no weight of public opinion behind them. Not at all, - Mr. President. Dennis Kearney is a representative man--a John the - Baptist, crying, “Prepare ye the way of the Devil, and make his paths - straight.” Communism, as a whole, proposes to deal with the Chinese, - by driving them out from the land. If you doubt that assertion, look - at the facts. Documentary statements in regard to the matter, compiled - by B. S. Brooks, an eminent counsellor on the Pacific Coast, have been - presented to a Joint Commission of both Houses of Congress. I wish they - could be put into the hands of every Christian man. Unfortunately, the - books that give any real information on these statistics are somehow - not easily accessible. This setting forth of facts in the documents - of Mr. Brooks, shows incontrovertibly that Communism in California is - murderous in its intent towards the Chinese. - - It has put its intention into acts. It has outraged unoffending men, - and struck them down relentlessly in the public street. Violence - of that sort is comparatively safe. The testimony of the Chinaman - cannot be taken in opposition to the white man. The only chance a - Chinaman, who is about to be murdered, has to obtain justice, is to - secure a white witness to see it done. The rougher element on the - Western coast is bound to annihilate the Chinaman. And all for no - good reason. They are not numerous. There are only 100,000 Chinamen - scattered up and down the coast. They foment no disturbances. There - are only two offenses charged against them--grave offenses--and these - are, that they live economically, and don’t get drunk; and so are able - to work for lower wages than the masses of the Irish and native-born - population. - - There is another power trying to solve this problem, and that is the - politicians. They are no more successful than the Communists. They - have secured the enactment of certain statutes, but those statutes are - often iniquitous. The Legislature of California has enacted what seems - to me the most infamous laws that ever disgraced any statute-book. The - Fugitive Slave Law was a Golden Rule in comparison. Let us see. It is - well known that the Chinamen are laundry men. They do their work in - their shops, and carry it out themselves. Forthwith, the Legislature - of San Francisco enacts that every laundryman who carries his work - out with a horse shall pay a dollar a month; but every laundryman who - carries it out by hand shall pay FIFTEEN dollars a month. - - The Chinese are gregarious. They crowd together in tenement-houses, - from which people of other nationalities are excluded. By Section - Second of an Act approved April 3, 1876, by the Legislature of - California, it is provided that “Any person or persons found sleeping - or lodging, or who hires or uses for the purpose of sleeping, any room - or apartment which contains less than 500 cubic feet of space in the - clear, for each person so occupying such room or apartment, shall be - deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be punished - by a fine of not less than ten, or more than fifty dollars, or by both - such fine and imprisonment.” That is, says Mr. Brooks, as a penalty - for lodging in rooms containing less than 500 cubic feet of space, - they are to be thrust into prison cells of less than one-fifth the - dimension. Certainly - - “For ways that are dark, and tricks that are vain, - The heathen Chinee is [NOT] peculiar.” - - Mr. Luttrell moved in Congress that the steamboat bills be so amended - as to forbid the employment of a Chinaman in any capacity whatsoever. - Congressman Shelley, of Alabama, introduced a bill providing that all - Chinamen coming to the United States, except officially, be taxed $250 - per capita, or serve five years in the penitentiary. The Chinese in - California are made to pay more than $42,000 school taxes annually, - while their children are not admitted to the public schools, neither - are there other schools provided for them. Thirteen hundred Chinamen - asked the California Legislature for school privileges for 3,000 of - their children, seeking only such as are provided for those of African - and Indian descent. Their petition was immediately laid on the table, - and stigmatized as dangerous. This is only a specimen of this class - legislation on the Pacific Coast. They are very ingenious there. Just - as fast as one law is decided unconstitutional, they have another. - - Communism crushes the Chinese. The politician says, “They sha’n’t - come here if we can prevent it by oppressive legislation.” As a - protest against the unreasonableness of this course of procedure, the - testimony of Postmaster-General Key is of special value. In a recent - conversation, he gave the following as the result of his observations - during his visit to the Pacific Coast: “The politicians,” said Mr. Key, - “are almost to a man against the Chinese, and antagonize them bitterly. - The merchants, the manufacturers, the farmers, and nearly the entire - employing class, are very fond of the Chinese, and prefer them to any - other laborers. They speak in the highest terms of the Chinese; they - say that they are docile, obedient, obliging, punctual, hardworking, - and faithful; they are exceedingly thrifty and economical; they are - temperate in their habits, do not drink liquor of any kind, eat very - little meat, and live almost entirely on rice. It is wonderful to see - how little a Chinaman can live on. Their economy struck me as something - marvellous. Large numbers of them sleep in a single ill-ventilated - room; they constantly violate the fundamental laws of health, yet they - are seemingly very healthy. I was astonished to learn they had no - hospital. I was shown through the Chinese Quarter of San Francisco by - the Mayor, and saw everything in that locality; but there are a number - of places here in Washington fully as bad, if not worse, than anything - I saw in Chinatown. I also observed that the railroad companies - employed a large number of Chinamen, and found them excellent workmen.” - Evidently, the politicians are not competent to the settlement of the - Chinese question. - - The American Missionary Association takes hold of the matter in the - right way. It says: Let the Chinese come and be treated as men. - Let them have the gospel preached to them, and be lifted into a - civilization that is level with your own. Communism has not succeeded, - so far. The politician has not succeeded. The American Missionary - Association has shown itself able to grapple with the question. They - have got hold of the right end of the rope. If they are encouraged by - the churches of America, they will solve this problem. - - There appeared in the _Congregationalist_, some weeks ago, an - editorial of great merit, in which this radical mistake was made: it - was a sort of apology for the Chinese, because they were so few in - numbers. It said they were decreasing instead of increasing. Why, Mr. - Chairman, look across the ocean and see that great nation, covering - one-tenth of the globe, and holding one-third its population. So - crowded is it that millions (even more than our entire population) - who never have a home upon land, are born, live and die floating - upon rivers and canals. A more industrious race is not; neither can - agriculture, which still ranks far above any other employment, be - found anywhere else carried to such perfection of thoroughness. There - is no idleness among these millions. The monstrous human ant-heap is - astir. They are also an educated people, nimble in figures, as well - as in all kinds of labor. There is but one written language for all - the population, which has been transmitted, with even no dialectic - changes, for at least 2,500 years. It is a nation industrious and - frugal. We talk about the heathen Chinese, but we had better talk - about the heathen Anglo-Saxon. What useful art is practised to-day - that China has not had for centuries? What we count the great - discoveries of modern science, may turn out not to be so modern - after all. I saw a statement made within ten days, that it has been - discovered that Edison’s phonograph was known in China two hundred - years before Edison was born. China has a history--a record which - cannot be ignored. - - We do vastly ill when we talk about the “heathen Chinee.” Their - religion is something against which we set our faces; but their - character is worth commendation. I was talking, the other day, with - a gentleman who had passed the greater part of his life in China. He - said there was not an element in the Japanese character that was not - in the Chinese, and of the two, he considers the Chinese the more - hopeful. In dealing with the Chinese, we are not dealing with refuse - material. China is a great nation. It has its place among the foremost - of the earth. It is a sad thing for this great nation of ours, if it - cannot endure the little leaven on the Pacific Coast. Do you suppose - it will affect the great mass of Christianity unfavorably? - - Over 300 of the Chinese have already been received as members of - the Protestant Churches in California, and 700 are under Christian - instruction, studying the doctrines of our faith, while 1,000 attend - Sunday-school, and two young men are preparing for the Christian - ministry. Even those who do not come under the influence of such - instruction can scarcely be said to be the worst people in the land. - In 1875, of the 7,643 arrests for drunkenness, not one was a Chinaman; - of the 3,263 paupers admitted to the alms-house, only six were - Chinamen; of 83 murderers hanged during the last year in the United - States, not one was a Chinaman. - - If any other race, born or naturalized, on this continent, can show a - similarly good record, let them step to the front and declare it. - - The truth is, Mr. President, we are only standing on the threshold - of this great question. I believe if you and I live to come to these - meetings ten years hence, less will be said about the blacks and more - about the Chinese. We need to understand this great work now opening - before us. We ought to remove one source of prejudice against the - Chinese. Men say the Chinese must go, because their coming reduces - their wages. I happen to have a statement of wages in California - for the past year, clipped only a few months since from a San - Francisco paper: Carpenters, from $3 to $3.50; bricklayers, $4 to $5; - painters, $3; plasterers, $3.50; hod-carriers, $3; stone-cutters, $4; - machinists, $3 to $4; common laborers, $2; house work in families, - per week, $6 to $7. Can we make a show equally in favor of the wages - of the workingmen on this sun-rise side of the continent, where the - Chinese are insignificant as a competing power? The truth is, all - this cry about their taking the bread out of our children’s mouths is - simply nonsense. - - But it is said there is another difficulty. The Irishman comes to this - country, and is assimilated. The German, also, and is assimilated. - The Chinaman comes, and he alone is not assimilated. Why not? First - of all there is no provision for his naturalization, if he desires - it. The sixth article of the Burlingame Treaty provides that “Chinese - subjects visiting or residing in the United States, shall enjoy the - same privileges, immunities and exemptions in respect to travel or - residence as may be enjoyed by the citizen-subjects of the most - favored nation; but nothing herein contained shall be held to confer - naturalization upon the citizens of the United States in China, nor - upon subjects of China in the United States.” More than this, there - is a certain stress of public opinion, which is weightier than treaty - provisions. The head of the Chinese Embassy in this country was - confronted with this question; “Why is it that your countrymen come - here alone, without any families?” He replied: “It is about as much - as a Chinaman can do to keep his head on his shoulders alone, without - bringing his family.” There is nothing in the nature of things to - prevent the absorption of the Mongolian into American citizenship. It - seems to be the peculiar office of this nation to assimilate every - element. It makes no difference what our estimate of a man is; if he - is a man he can, by the power of the gospel, be brought into oneness - with us. Walk up and down the pavement of the mosque of St. Sophia, - and here and there you brush with your steps bits of gilded and - colored glass that, rude in shape and void of beauty, seem only fit to - be swept into a corner; but lift your eyes to the seraphim that blaze - in flaming mosaics on the ceiling, and you see how the artist’s skill - has wrought just such rough fragments into forms of grandeur that awe - the soul. Our American Christianity gathers the best and the worst of - the race forces of the world, and is able, by God’s good help, out of - them to compact a nationality with which to face the world. - - “The Chinese must go,” Mr. Kearney says. Yes, we accept that motto, - but we put our own meaning to it. We say, “the Chinese must go” and - come, whenever and wherever they please. This Association is called of - God, I believe, to stand up and assert that, as it has opportunity, no - effort shall be spared to give them place among the sanctified of the - land. - - * * * * * - - -ADDRESS UPON THE AFRICAN MISSION. - -REV. G. D. PIKE. - - MR. PRESIDENT:--In seconding the report respecting the Mendi Mission, - I beg leave to say, that there are four points of interest we ought to - consider. - - 1. One is the Providential call of this Association to Tropical - Africa. At the beginning of its existence, as Abraham heard the voice - of the Lord, saying, “Get thee out of thy country, into a land I will - shew thee,” so the fathers of this Association heard the call of God - and entered the Dark Continent, anticipatory of those great events - about to transpire. In 1842, when the Mendi Mission was established by - the return of the Amistad captives, who had been freed from slavery in - America, the most important parts of Central Africa were either left - blank on our maps, or filled up with great deserts, mountains of the - moon, and figures of lions and dragons. It was known, however, that - the Mendi country was a great slave preserve, from which ten thousand - black people were sent annually into bondage. The Amistad Committee - at once pre-ëmpted a portion of that great and wonderful missionary - field, which is now so signally attracting the attention of the - civilized world. - - 2. A second point of interest pertains to the land that has been shown - us. - - By turning to your maps, you will discover that the back lot of the - Mendi Mission extends eastwards 4,200 miles, on the parallel of about - seven degrees north latitude, over a fertile zone of tropical country. - Mr. Stanley tells us the object of his journey was, “To flash a torch - of light across the western half” of this zone. Other explorers - have contributed their light. Lieutenant Burton, in ’57, carried - his torch as far as the Tanganyika. Captain Speke announced to the - world about the same time that he had discovered a mighty inland sea, - surrounded on every side by the “richest and pleasantest garden in - the world;” and the Victoria Nyanza Lake, with Mtesa’s kingdom, were - added to our knowledge and wealth--alluring alike to the statesman, - merchant and missionary. Meanwhile David Livingstone moved up from - the southeast, illumining the whole regions of the Zambezi River--the - Nyassa, Bangweolo and Tanganyika Lakes--proceeding as far as Nyangwe - on the unknown Lualaba--scattering through all his reports those - seed thoughts respecting Christian missions, that have developed - into desires to carry the light of life to the “real heathen” in - those latitudes. Then, Sir Samuel Baker called the attention of the - world afresh to ancient Ethiopia, with one hundred and forty millions - of acres of the richest land in the world; covered with millions - of people, herds of cattle, and a varied and luxurious vegetation. - Discovering also the Albert Nyanza Lake, embosomed amidst mountain - ranges--the abodes of frost and snow--and hardy, warlike tribes. Dr. - Schweinfurth also penetrated far into the back lot of our mission; - flashing his chemical and botanical light, revealing most beautiful - flora--every variety of fauna and fish--to say nothing of pigmies and - giants. Neither has Commander Cameron contributed the least by his - journey across the Continent from East to West. The light given us by - these seven explorers is woven into a rainbow of promise, which spans - those unknown slave preserves of former generations--beautiful as - “Canaan’s fair and happy land” to the Father of the faithful. - - If you start from our Mendi Mission and proceed a few hundred miles - southeast, you enter the West African gold fields in Ashantee land, - where the native rulers are covered with golden ornaments, carrying - gold-hilted swords, and attended by hundreds of followers, wearing - gold plates upon their breasts, with royal cooks serving their - masters with golden spoons. If you journey still farther, to one - degree of North latitude on the Livingstone, you reach a country - where they build their temples of ivory, and construct their boats - with accommodations for eighty oarsmen, and fight their battles with - vast armies. If you keep straight on, you reach Munza’s kingdom, - “enriched by such beauties as might be worthy of Paradise.” Still - further, you see the arena of the missionary labors of Rev. Chas. New; - where high mountains rise one above another until they are lost in - clouds--mountains with beautiful slopes, covered with patches of - cultivated land, and irrigated by brooks, streams and torrents, which - tumble and splash on all sides. Meanwhile, you would have journeyed - over countries six thousand feet above the level of the sea with an - equable climate, and other favorable conditions, such as led Captain - Speke to prophecy that in course of time “one of the greatest nations - on earth” would be built up in the heart of Africa. - - 3. But there is another point of quite as much interest to us. I refer - to the inspirations that have been kindled in the hearts of Christians - in Africa’s behalf; the efforts that have been put forth since our - Mission was established for reclaiming Africa. Here let me refer - briefly to parallel Providences. There are three of these which are - very striking: (1) The revelations to us of the fertility, resources - and people of the vast interior of Central Africa; (2) The abolition - of American slavery; (3) The eagerness of people of African descent - for education at the South, coupled with a great desire to emigrate to - Africa (It is probable that not less than half a million black people - in America have signified their desire to go to Africa within the - last twelve months). To this must be added the desire manifested by - Christians of our own race, everywhere to follow up these providences - with missionary endeavors. These have been put forth by the English, - Scotch, German and American; skirting the borders of Equatorial - Africa, both on the East and West Coast; resulting in the conversion - of thousands of heathen during the past twenty-five years. Since the - close of our war, and more especially during the past five years, - great enthusiasm has been manifested for what are termed Central - African Missions--missions in the lake regions upon the highlands of - the interior. - - The Scotch and English have planted their stations on the Nyassa - Lake. The London Missionary Society had, at last reports, a corps of - missions, heading towards the Tanganyika, while the Church Missionary - Society has occupied Mtesa’s kingdom, in Uganda, on the shores of - the Victoria Nyanza, and the Baptists of Great Britain are searching - for a station on the Livingstone River. The fertile country thus - being entered, extends for four thousand miles from east to west, in - some latitudes, and three thousand from north to south, and probably - contains a hundred million people. - - In the providence of God, the American Missionary Association is on - that ground. It is the one missionary society of our denomination that - sustains missions there. We believe we have an inheritance in that - country, and a great destiny in connection with its redemption. We - have been true to the negro from the beginning, seeking to do right - in his behalf, without fear or favor. I think it is not too much to - assert that heaven believes in this Association; that God created it, - and will use it for great things in Africa. Good men have believed - in it. Mr. Avery gave to it property valued at $100,000, for African - Missions. Others, we trust, will follow his example; for we suspect - the negro was right when his attentive ear caught the accents which he - wove into his song: - - “The Lord said to Gabriel: - Take down the silver trumpet, - Loud as the seven thunders! - Wake the sleeping nations-- - You will see the Christian rising.” - - We are truly seeing the Christian rising--as “the trumpet sounds it in - our souls”--that God has come to reclaim Africa. - - 4. The fourth point of interest relates to what we have been trying to - do about it. The story of the departure of our colored missionaries - has been sufficiently told. The result of their first year’s efforts - has been spread before you. Let me give you, in their own language, - their convictions as to the best missions for Africa. Mr. A. E. - White--a Hampton student, now at Avery Station--writes: “You would - like to know what I think about colored missionaries. My firm belief - is that they can do more than any other missionaries under the sun. - The natives look upon a white person as unnatural, and think he is - above them in every way, and that God made him so. They also think it - is of no use for them to try to do the things they see the white man - do. But, on the other hand, when they see a colored man do anything, - they think if he can do it, they can do it themselves. Do not think - I say this because I am a colored man. I say it because I know it is - true.” - - Mr. Albert Miller, who went out from the Fisk University, writes: - “If Africa is to be evangelized, as I believe it will be, it must be - done through the children of the summer and sunny clime, educated - and Christianized in the South. You in America can’t see this as - plainly as one who mingles with this people, and has all chances to - investigate in regard to this matter.” - - It gives us pleasure to state that the success of our colored band - beyond the great waters, warrants as strong expressions as those I - have quoted. A letter from Rev. Floyd Snelson, dated West Africa, - September 13th, contains the following: “The 24th of this month - will make one year since we left New York. Result of work, three - stations are opened, nearly three hundred children have been enrolled - in the day schools, and about the same number, old and young, in - Sabbath-schools. From among these numbers, twenty-four have given - their hearts to Christ and united with the Church, and are endeavoring - to lead Christian lives. The object of the missionary is to go forward - with the work into the interior. There are many places which might be - opened to the saving of souls, if the money and men were furnished.” - - I repeat, brethren, we had an early call to our African field. God - has spanned His bow of light and promise over it. He has kindled - inspirations in our hearts concerning it. He has prospered the - freedmen who have gone forth for its redemption. - - Surely we have a right to believe “the great Admiral, who knows the - way,” has taken our ship in tow, and, as the Jubilees sing, - - “The old Ark is a movering, a movering, a movering; - The old Ark is movering, a movering along.” - - Shall we remember our birthright, and enter more fully upon our - inheritance? Shall we go up, with the other great missionary - societies, to possess this land? Shall we return over the sea, with - songs and rejoicing, those sable sons and daughters, whose fathers - came with chains and groans to our American shore? - - Notwithstanding our great work at the South, I verily believe this to - be our greatest, and that the mighty Ruler of all events will crown - our efforts in this direction with magnificent success. Therefore, Mr. - President, I most heartily second this Report. - - * * * * * - - -THE ANNUAL MEETING. - -We have given, as usual, in the MISSIONARY next following our Annual -Meeting, a large part of our increased space to the Report of the -Executive Committee, the minutes of the meeting, and the addresses made -on that occasion. Here we need only to add a few general observations -on the special features of the three days at Taunton. - -First of all, the attendance was gratifying both as to numbers and -quality. The earlier sessions drew together more people than are -ordinarily present at the start; and, despite the two rainy days which -followed, the numbers increased to the end. The evening meetings -were crowded, and, had the weather been fine, would have doubtless -overflowed, so as to have made the opening of a second church -necessary. It was a representative gathering, too, of ministers, well -known for their active interest in all good works, and of substantial -laymen from Massachusetts and the coasts beyond. We should be glad if, -more and more, the men who contribute either largely or statedly to our -work, would come to these assemblies, and question the methods of our -work and of our administration of their gifts. The executive officers -of the Association desire to maintain relations of perfect frankness -with those whose trustees they are, are glad to answer all inquiries, -and to submit to all intelligent criticism, to meet with the special -committees when requested, and to give all possible information;--sure -that, as in this case, such detailed knowledge of their ways and works -will only furnish a better basis for the confidence, so largely given, -of the churches and the friends of the lowly. - -We need not repeat here what is fully set forth in the preceding -pages--the reports of the year’s work and of its indorsement by the -constituency of the Association. Rather we will confine ourselves to -the things which do not there appear. - -The sermon, on the first evening, by Rev. S. E. Herrick, D. D., was -full of grand thoughts, clothed in words of forceful grace, from the -text: “But ye _are_ a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy -nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of Him -who hath called you out of darkness into His marvellous light.”--1. -Peter, ii, 9. - -Three thoughts were deduced from those words set forth, and with -ample illustration: (1) God has a people in the world, not marked by -geographical or race lines, and yet one people and one nation, who are -such through their relation to God by Jesus Christ; (2) This people has -undergone a marvellous transformation from darkness into His light; (3) -It is intrusted with a solemn priestly function, a sacrificial work, -for the redemption of men. The special priestly work of God’s people -in this land was set forth, and the historic fact that, having failed -to fulfill it, they were made to suffer on the altar of sacrifice, and -that unless they should meet the obligations of their office now, they -must again be called to an account. - -Five papers of great value were read during the meetings. These have -been printed in full in the supplement to the Boston _Traveller_, and -largely circulated among our friends. - -1. “The Present Time all-important in the salvation of our Country,” by -Rev. Stacy Fowler, D.D. The paper showed how this was a critical time -in our history as a nation; the great need, a revival of “the American -spirit,” especially in these three respects--the nation’s faith in God, -the purity of the family, and the elevation of the lowly. The Church -must do the work. Incidentally, a strong argument was made to show the -deteriorating tendency of the amalgamation of races, sustained by the -testimony of Prof. Lewis Agassiz. - -2. “The Denominational Polity of the American Missionary Association,” -by Rev. G. L. Walker, D. D. The real question is, shall we only -seek to Christianize, or shall we also try to Congregationalize the -Freedmen? The paper discussed the nature of Congregationalism, and -the prevalent characteristics of the colored race; and, from the -comparison, drew conclusions not very favorable to the prospects of -denominational success, yet by no means discrediting what has already -been accomplished in that direction, or discouraging further efforts. - -3. “America’s Opportunity the World’s Salvation,” by Rev. C. L. -Woodworth. The end of Christian work is to spread the saving knowledge -of the Lord Jesus Christ. This needs human activities, directed with -strategic wisdom and sanctified energy. Each nation has its peculiar -work: England to send forth Christian and civilizing agencies through -her widely scattered colonies; America to Christianize the peoples from -other lands who come to her shores; and to send back, through them, the -Gospel of Christian civilization to their benighted countrymen. - -4. “A Revival of Righteousness toward the Despised Races of America,” -by Rev. Ebenezer Cutler, D. D. That they are despised is the main -indictment which the paper details at length. This unrighteousness -prejudices our Christian work, restrains the heartiness of many, even, -who are engaged in it, and hinders the blessing of God on our labors. -This revival must begin by reflection, leading to repentance; must -go on to the repeal of unjust and the execution of just laws, to a -righteous public sentiment, and such atonement as can be made for past -wrongs. - -5. “The Work of Half a Generation among the Freedmen,” by Secretary -Strieby, in which the progress since emancipation was traced, supported -by much important testimony, in material, educational and religious -prosperity. - -We have given these brief analyses only to serve as an index to the -contents of these papers, and not at all as a substitute for their -perusal. Still less would it be possible to make good to our readers -the misfortune of their absence from this inspiring gathering. We are -confident that we shall feel the impulse of it through the year. - - * * * * * - -We are close upon the threshold of a new year. The churches, many -of them, at this time, are making up their schedules of benevolence -for 1879. Do not forget, we pray you, to give a good place to the -Association, whose work is among the least of these, the Master’s -brethren, in our own land. Do not forget, you who apportion your weekly -contributions among the various fields, to give its due share, as God -shall give you light, to this peculiar work which presses its claims by -so many sacred pleas, and on the timely cultivation of which depend so -largely the permanence and purity of the spring itself. We would not -have you neglect Judea, and Samaria, nor even the uttermost parts of -the earth, but only beseech you, earnestly and tearfully, _Don’t forget -Jerusalem_. - - * * * * * - -Several thousand dollars of the money pledged for the reduction of our -debt, is made conditional upon our paying up the full amount by the end -of this year. We beg our friends to bear this fact in mind, as a spur -to make their thoughts quicker, and their hands obey their generous -promptings without delay. We cannot afford to lose this offered help, -and you cannot afford to have us. The impetus given at the Annual -Meeting to this debt-destroying work is not abated; our friends are -reminding us of their interest daily; some of those who were present at -the meeting are pressing it, on their own account, in the States from -which they came. How soon will you enable us to make our proclamation -of emancipation from this bondage? - - * * * * * - -Our readers will see that we have endeavored, in this number of the -MISSIONARY, to present them with the doings and the sayings of the -Annual Meeting not already put into print and circulation. The valuable -and stirring addresses by Rev. Messrs. Atwood, Heywood and Pike, we -have been able to get in form already. Other equally thoughtful and -forcible addresses, though reported, have not yet come to us in such -shape that we can use them immediately. What you find here is what you -did not find in the Supplement to the _Traveller_. We beg you, then, to -“read, mark, learn and inwardly digest.” - - * * * * * - -A new cartridge, No. 5, of the series of pamphlets begun last year, is -ready for distribution, and contains Secretary Strieby’s review of half -a generation of work among the Freedmen. As a collation of facts and -testimony, we commend it as furnishing to thoughtful men the means of -forming their own opinions on the success of past labors, and on the -hopefulness and the duty of pressing on the good work already begun -patiently to the desired end. - - * * * * * - -Three Communion Sets are needed for as many churches near Talladega, -Ala. Churches at the North can make good use of their old ones if they -are about to replace them with new. - -We invite attention to the call of Mr. Connett, in another column, for -means to erect cheap cottages for the accommodation of students. The -small sum needed for each cottage will enable many of our readers to -accomplish a definite and useful object, who cannot undertake larger -enterprises. We indorse most heartily the appeal. - - * * * * * - -Miss Rebecca Tyler Bacon, daughter of Rev. Leonard Bacon, D.D., died -at New Haven, Ct., October 26th, 1878. She was a woman of rare gifts, -of great intelligence, and of extraordinary ability. She had the true -missionary spirit in a self-sacrificing devotion for the welfare of -others, especially of the unfortunate and the debased. - -The Normal Institute, at Hampton, Va., was much indebted to her wise -management for its successful organization, and the impress of her mind -and spirit will remain while that institution stands. She was a power -for good in her native city, where her counsel and direction were given -to many public and private charities, with untiring devotion. - -Her faithful and tender ministry as the eldest daughter and sister, -amid trials and sorrow, are best appreciated by those whom she cheered, -and comforted, and strengthened. Thousands in our churches will deeply -sympathize with her honored and venerable father in this bereavement. - - * * * * * - - -ITEMS FROM SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES. - -WILMINGTON, N. C.--Religious interest is reported. Two young men have -been received into the church. Others seem very thoughtful. “Our little -flock is a working one.” - -MCLEANSVILLE, N. C.--The Lord’s Supper was administered, October 13th, -to about 100 communicants. Eleven united with the church on profession, -ten of whom received baptism. - -ATLANTA, GA.--The University is fuller than ever before at this time of -the year. The girls’ hall is crowded, and more are coming. The church, -under Mr. Ashley’s care, is flourishing in numbers and activity. -Several conversions have occurred during the summer. Fifteen persons -stand propounded for membership. Storrs School, which has been for -several years under the care of the city Board of Education, is opened -this fall again, under the care of the A. M. A., and is full to the -limit of its capacity. - -SAVANNAH, GA.--Mr. Koons has been transferred from the Emerson -Institute, at Mobile, to the Beach Institute, at Savannah, which has -re-opened in its new building, with over 200 pupils. - -MOBILE, ALA.--Rev. D. L. Hickok goes from Talladega to Mobile, to take -charge both of the church and of Emerson Institute. - -ANNISTON, ALA.--A large number of conversions are reported at this -place. Thirty-four members were received into the church Sept. 22d. -Twenty-six were baptized. - -MONTGOMERY, ALA.--Swayne School re-opened October 1st. It has enrolled -the first week, 334 pupils. The teachers from the North reached their -posts just in time, for the city was quarantined against Louisville the -day after their arrival. - -TALLADEGA, ALA.--There have been four or five conversions in the last -few weeks in this church, and continued meetings in all the mission -churches about here with a marked degree of interest. - -HELENA, TEXAS.--As the result of protracted meetings, following the -meeting of the Association, ten persons were received into the church. - -TOUGALOO, MISS.--The University will re-open on Thanksgiving Day. - -NEW ORLEANS, LA.--On account of the terrible plague of the Summer, -Straight University will not be opened until the first Monday in -December. - -NASHVILLE, TENN.--At Fisk University the yellow fever deterred the -students from a prompt attendance at the beginning of the term. The -school is increasing weekly. - -CHATTANOOGA, TENN.--The Central South Conference met here November 7th. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE FREEDMEN. - - * * * * * - - -ATLANTA, GA. - -Students’ Reports of Summer Work. - -MRS. T. N. CHASE. - -School has opened with larger numbers than for several years. Our -graduates seem to be doing much toward recommending the school. The -first Sabbath afternoon of each new school-year is given up to reports -from our students, who have been teaching through our summer vacation -of three months. Nothing in all our school work interests me so much -as these reports. The only alloy in my enjoyment is that thousands of -Northern friends, whose hearts would be equally cheered by them, cannot -enjoy them too. - -Those who attend meetings of the A. B. C. F. M., and are thrilled with -the reports of returned missionaries, know something of our pleasure. -Yet, I suspect ours is greater, for these missionaries are of our own -training, many of them led to Jesus in our own school, and the fields -reported are the benighted spots of our native land. - -I will copy a few jottings, hastily taken at the time. The first one -says: “I have the same old story to report, except a few new things. -Have taught in Monroe Co. for four summers. The first year no white -people visited the school; the second two came; the third year four; -this year thirty or forty. All think highly of Atlanta University, and -the Commissioner begged me to supply the county with teachers from this -school. People are not willing to sell land. Colored people doing well -as they can; anxious to get up higher and want teachers to help them -up.” - -Another says: “I had a half hour of Bible study each morning. Devoted -part of Friday afternoons to talks against tobacco and whiskey. All -the Sunday-school material the people had was a catechism and some -papers left locked up by the last Atlanta teacher and not used since. -Only four colored people own land. Landowners seem to ask such a price -as they know never can be paid. Some bargain for land, and then pay -enormous interest. One man pays one hundred and fifty dollars a year -interest--all he can save. I advised them to save their money till -they got enough to pay cash for their land. Met several white young -men, professing Christians, and had pleasant talks with them. Closed -school a little before it was time to return, and picked cotton in the -meantime.” - -One of our girls, who graduates this year, says: “The people seem -poorer than last year; crops failed. The land is poor, and they pay -high rent for it. But the children are advancing in knowledge each -year. The school is well classified. Had an exhibition at close. Did -not spend much time on it, but had them learn their parts well. Several -white visitors attended it. One of the gentlemen talked well to the -people on morals. He went around and told the people I was very smart. -I was told another one said I could read and write better than any -white woman in the county.” - -Another girl said: “The white people did not want teachers from -Atlanta, because they took the money out of the county. They kept me, -however, and wanted the people to watch me. When I closed they urged me -to stay till Christmas.” - -One of our youngest teachers said: “I reached the place in which I -was to teach on ‘Big Meeting’ day, and the people were very angry to -see me, for a daughter of the most prominent colored man of the place -had been teaching there some years, and wished to continue. She was -very incompetent, and the Commissioner had sent for me. The father -electioneered for his daughter at the ‘big meeting,’ told them she -would wait on them for their pay; she would be there if there was -but one scholar; she’d always look after her chickens, etc.; but the -Commissioner said to them: ‘This young man can write the best hand in -the county, and you’d better take him.’ So, after offering to teach -for a very little from the patrons, I got the school. A white man had -given the people some land if they would build a church. They did so, -but used it during the week for school. This made the donor of the land -angry, as he did not wish them to have a school. The year before he -and his wife went to the building, drove off the teacher, and then he -nailed up the door on the inside, while his wife stood on guard with -his gun. This summer, when my school was nearly through, the building -was burned. It was very plain who did it. So, for the little while, we -all went to a cotton-gin house. We laid some shingles down for a floor, -and hauled some logs in for seats. A paper laid over the gin served for -my desk. We had our closing exercises under a bush arbor. One day I -asked the children, ‘How many drink whiskey?’ Twenty or thirty held up -their hands and said ‘pa and ma drink it, and give it to me.’” - -Another says: “I see great improvement in old people and children. Good -many own land and are still buying. One man owns two hundred acres. -Another bought some land for eight hundred dollars, and paid half last -year, and is in a fair way to pay the rest this year. I did not ask a -boy or girl to quit whiskey or tobacco, but I preached temperance by -example and quiet conversation. There is harmony between the races. -They visit each other’s churches. The bell of a white church tolled for -a colored woman. This year I had my first exhibition, because I thought -they better learn to read and write first, then exhibit after they had -something to show. Prepared the children after school. All the white -people attended.” - -Another said: “The morals of the people are fearful. They don’t expect -teachers to teach morality. Every example set before our people is one -that has been contaminated by slavery. If I see any one making for this -place I feel something will be done for him. Every Atlanta student I -see, I feel, ‘There goes one that will liberate our people from the -monster, Immorality.’ Asked the barkeeper if he sold much to ministers -and church members. He replied, ‘Most who buy are church members.’ Then -he said, ‘Do you see that man with a big locket on his watch chain? -He owes me six dollars for whiskey.’ He was the prominent minister -of the place. Still there is much progress in temperance. There is -an increasing kindly feeling between the rich and poor. I heard the -editor of the Macon _Telegraph_ talk to the colored people. He said the -Atlanta University was doing more for the State than the white State -University at Athens, and that the recitations were better.” - -Another, whose health would not allow him to teach, and who stayed -here at the Home to work on the farm, said: “Above all, we want God -with us all the time, from this day on. Once, during the summer, I had -for a moment such a conception of God, that I felt if it continued -five minutes I could not live.” These words fell upon my ears like the -experiences of a Finney, because they were from one who has no patience -with “dream religion,” and whose godly life here for six years has been -a constant inspiration to us. - -Another said: “People are roused to the subject of education. Children -complain if kept at home. The people can buy land easily. Treated well -by white men. Most of the whiskey drunk is by white people. Every man -in the county knows of Atlanta University. At the closing exercises, -a man begged all to save money enough to go up to the College -Commencement. He’d been once, and should go next year, if he had to -walk.” - -All told of the Sunday-school work; some gave experiences in begging -money, hauling lumber, and putting up school and church buildings, and -most closed by saying, “I hope I did some good.” One sweet girl said it -in this way: “I left the results with the Great Reaper, hoping in due -time He will gather His sheaves.” - -These reports help much in removing prejudices and narrow, one-sided -views of the South. While one sees the people retrograding and the -whites overbearing, another has a bright view on the other side. - -This great number and variety of yearly reports impress us most, -however, with the magnitude of our work, and the great need we have -of your prayers, that this may be a pure fountain whom whence healing -streams only shall flow. - - * * * * * - - -TENNESSEE. - -Woman’s Work Among Women. - -MISS HATTIE MILTON, MEMPHIS. - -Out of a population of 40,000, one-third are colored. Many of the -children attend school a few months during the year; but the parents -think if their son John Quincy Adams Anderson attends school two weeks -out of four, he will “learn a heap,” and be ready to graduate in a year -or two. However, some of the children do make good progress at school; -but the home influence is so degrading that the necessity of missionary -work among the mothers is felt more and more, as we see more of their -homes. Many are too poor to send their children to school at all; -consequently they have no opportunity of becoming better. - -In my daily visits from house to house I found them in a wretched -condition, filth and vermin reigning supreme. Often, on entering these -abodes, my sensibilities were so shocked that I could not speak at -first--dogs, cats, chickens and children clamoring for the hoe cake in -the ashes or the unleavened dough baking on the stove-cover, which, -when done, is broken and handed around to each, sometimes with the -addition of a dripping bit of bacon. In many of these homes the table -is never set, the entire furniture consisting of a bed, two chairs, a -trunk, box, cupboard, bundle of rags and a poor stove, if there is no -fireplace. They sometimes own the board shanties in which they live, -and rent the ground they stand on; and when they wish to move, they -pull down the shanty, move it to the new place, and put it up again. - -I was usually received kindly; by some enthusiastically. One old -ex-slave, learning the nature of my errand at her house, said, raising -her hands above her turbaned head, “Oh, bless the Lord! Thank the -Lord! for He has heard the prayer of His downtrodden people, and put -it into the hearts of His dear children in the North to send some one -to instruct us. My blessed baby, come as often as you can, and read to -Aunt Hettie, for she is an ole Etheopum, and don’t know nothing.” After -I left, she rushed around to her neighbors, saying, “Bless the Lord! -for He has heard our prayer, and sent an angel right down from heaven -to instruct us, and she has been to my house this evenin’.” They were -usually glad--many were anxious--to hear the Bible read, some insisting -on paying me, saying, “Do take it. We wants you to come often, for we -don’t hear anything like it anywhere else.” One woman, wishing, as she -said, to do something for the Lord, and having no money, sent me a -nice warm dinner. They are very liberal, giving as long as they have a -nickel, whether they rightly own it or not. - -Some who were suspicious said, “Never heerd tell of white lady going -to humble colo’d cabin to read the Bible. Look like it’s mighty -queer.” These suspicions had to be overcome in various ways. Often, -by attending the sick ones, the good will of the neighbors would be -secured. One poor creature, who had not been washed in six months, -and was almost dead, after I had bathed her and put on her clean -clothes--furnished by the good Northern friends--thanked me and said, -“Thank the Lord! when we get home to heaven, we will all have on clean -clothes.” Her last days of suffering were thus made more comfortable. -I went in often, as she loved to hear the Bible read, and singing. But -a few weeks later, I went in one morning, and found her poor remains -stretched out on a rough board, resting on two chairs. Thus she lay in -state, in her winding-sheet. A plate, placed on her crossed hands, with -its mute appeal for money to bury her, told how poor they were. - -One day a very black woman met me on the street and said, “How d’y’, -Miss. You don’t know me; but I knows you, for you is the one what -visits the sick; and I heard you read the Bible, and I wants ye to read -it to me. We all loves ye, and we all says, ‘If any one is gwine right -up to heaven, it is you.’” I often found the best way to reach the -mother was through her children. By giving them little presents, they -would become fond of me. Then the mother, who was proud of them, would -say, “I wants my children to be better than me, but don’t know how to -make them so. I whips them a heap, but they is bad all the time.” After -convincing one mother that she was teaching her children to lie by her -daily example, she said, “Sure enough! Never thought of that afore. I -alus wondered why my children would lie so, ’cause I alus tells ’em not -to. Now, Miss, you come often, and teach me; I needs it much as any -one. How can we be expected to do better? No one we go with does any -better; and in ole slave times, if master saw us with a book, he would -‘slap our jaws;’ so we cannot read to find out better.” Another said, -“This is the first work I have seen that looked like really making our -homes better.” - -Finding the mothers and daughters knew but little about sewing, an -industrial school was started, where they met once a week, and were -taught how to cut, fit and make garments. The material for this school -was furnished by the good people of Romeo. A small sum was charged for -each garment, when finished, and used to purchase more material. Also -a small price was charged for a few of the more valuable garments sent -in boxes, the persons gladly paying the small sum, which was used to -procure medicine and other comforts for the sick ones. - -I also added something to this fund by giving lessons to some who were -able and willing to pay for the instruction. - -Sunday was my most busy day; besides attending church and -Sabbath-school, I went out to read the Bible to those who were not at -home during the week. I seemed to find no rest days; indeed, there -was so much for one pair of hands to do, that many times I could not -sleep as much as needed. Another meeting was held weekly. I gave -Bible readings on those subjects which were of the most interest and -importance to mothers, after which we had a prayer-meeting, which was -often very interesting. - -Near the end of the year, a temperance movement was started in our -church and Sabbath-school; many signed the pledge, among whom were -about thirty from my class. The colored people are very intemperate, -and nearly all the women use snuff and tobacco. One, who was -complaining of her poverty, upon being told she could ill afford to -use snuff and tobacco, said she only paid ten cents a box, and was -astonished to find that in a year it amounted to half as much as her -rent. She seemed to try to live an honest Christian life, and before I -left had given up all her bad habits, and was very proud and happy. - -Although these people are naturally religious, still their religion -consists in going to meeting, where they sing, pray, and relate -imaginary experiences, and get wrought up to such a pitch that they -scream, roll on the floor, and often remain until the small hours of -the night. They go home, thinking they are very holy, but have no idea -of showing it by a well-ordered life; on the contrary, they continue to -live with unlawful companions, steal and lie with impunity; in fact, in -many respects, they will compare with their heathen forefathers, from -whom they have inherited their superstitions and forms of worship. The -bonds of slavery have prevented them from becoming enlightened. - -However, I am glad to say there are some grand exceptions to this dark -picture; some noble Christians, a few who have good homes. Among -these, the good accomplished by the mission-school and the little -Congregational church, sustained by the A. M. A., can be seen. The -pastor, Mr. Mallory, allows no wife whipping in his church, and he has -caused the large number of those who were living together unlawfully -to be married. Indeed, his church will compare favorably with white -churches of the North. These things show the dawning of day to these -benighted people, and give us great encouragement to proceed with our -work. But the mass are worse than tongue can tell or pen portray. I -feel that in my description the half of woe and degradation has not -been told. The Lord was with me in this work, and was a present help in -every time of need. Many mornings I would start out with a heavy heart, -for it would seem that my efforts to do good were almost in vain; -but trusting alone in Jesus, I would go forward. Just then the Lord -would show me that some one was becoming better, and I would return -at evening upbraiding myself for my want of faith, and reminded of -that Scripture which says, “He that goeth forth, and weepeth, bearing -precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing -his sheaves with him.” It was a precious privilege to comfort these -broken-hearted ones with His words, of whom it was said: “Never man -spake like this Man.” - -The Bible is the only book the colored people have any confidence in. -A sick man, whom I visited, said he would like to hear the Bible read -through; he was not a Christian. For some time he seemed but little -interested; but one day he greeted me with a smile, saying: “I can -trust the Lord now, and it is all that Bible-reading. Many have talked -to me before, but I never thought of what they said; but I could not -forget these words from the Bible, and I studied about it all the time, -and last week, after you left me, I just did as the Bible said: gave up -all, and trusted Jesus. I am ready to go now, and am not afraid.” - -When the time drew near for me to return North, the women said: -“What will we do without you? Who will visit us when sick, and read -comforting words from the Bible? And who will teach us how to train -up our children? Now that we have had some one to do these things for -us, we feel as if we could not get along without you.” And many were -the expressions of gratitude towards those dear ladies in the North, -who had sent them a missionary, and many the prayers offered in their -behalf. There were many signs of encouragement, though, no doubt, much -seed that was sown will not spring up at once, but in the future will -bear precious fruit, for the Lord will not permit His word to return -unto Him void. This has been the happiest year of my life, for this -work has its own reward, both to the missionary and those who send -her, which is more valuable than silver or gold. I sometimes think the -angels might almost envy us in this work. - - * * * * * - - -NORTH CAROLINA. - -Students Want to “Batch”--Who Will Help? - -REV. ALFRED CONNETT, McLEANSVILLE. - -We hear almost daily of young men and young women who would come here -to school if they could only get a room where they could “batch.” I can -only hear of one vacant house within two miles of the school, and that -is engaged by two students who have not yet returned. Small buildings, -say 12×20, one story, two rooms, can be built for about $100 each, and -land bought at $6 to $10 per acre, possibly $20 for small tracts. By -making some provision of this kind to accommodate students, we should -at once draw in ten to twenty students, and these the very ones we -most need to reach: namely, those who are preparing to teach, and to -preach. Thus, the school would become more widely and more permanently -useful. These buildings are needed immediately, or part of them. It -is difficult, if not impossible, with their limited means, for the -students to obtain board, with suitable accommodations. The white -people do not wish to take in boarders, unless at high figures, and -the colored people have, usually, but one room in their log houses. - -Cannot some church, individual, or individuals, do a work for Christ in -this way? If this, or something similar is not done, we shall let an -important and precious opportunity slip through our fingers. - - * * * * * - - -TALLADEGA, ALABAMA. - -The Story of Ambrose Headen, - -AS TOLD BY HIMSELF. - -I am fifty-six years old; was born in Chatham Co., N. C.; was a slave -forty-three years, sixteen years in North Carolina and twenty seven in -Alabama. I have lived in this county forty years. My young master in -North Carolina was four years older than myself; he had nine slaves, -and I was the only male. He died just before I was sixteen. When I was -thirteen I went to learn the carpenter’s trade. I was taken from my -mother and sent away to nurse children when I was six. I served three -years at the carpenter’s bench and at that time my master died, and I -had to be sold to pay his debts. - -On the day appointed for the sale I went fourteen miles on foot, and -alone, to the place where I was to be sold. On my way I tried to lay -some plan to run away. A white woman said she would help me, and told -me to go into a certain swamp and she would feed me and help me away, -but I was afraid of the dogs and the men that would catch me. No one -can tell my feelings on my way to the sale, but I knew I had to go. At -the place of sale were 500 people come together to see me sold, and to -buy me. I was the only one to be sold. I was on the block three hours -while the men were bidding for me. Five of these men were speculators, -and the rest were mostly people that lived in that region. While they -were selling me there was a good deal of brandy drunk, and they offered -me some as I was very tired standing; and I said, “No, sir, I have -sorrow enough on me now without drinking that.” I was finally knocked -off to a very bad man for $1,780. This man lived about thirteen miles -from my old home, and when I knew that he was my master I burst into -tears, heart-broken. The overseer took me behind the store and tried to -stop me from crying, but I could not stop. At last, my new master said -if any one would give for me as much as he had, he might have me, and -a man from Alabama, who was out to North Carolina on a visit, said he -would, and so I sold again to this man from Alabama, and after three -months I was taken away from all my friends away down to Alabama. My -new master proved to be a good man, a member of the Baptist Church, -and I lived with him twenty-seven years until emancipation. One thing -I forgot to tell you, and it made a deep impression on my mind: at the -time I was being sold in North Carolina, a man in the crowd cried out -with a loud voice, “Hell will boil and overflow at such work as this.” -I never can forget that expression. - -I was set free by two wills; the first one was burned, and so I was -kept in slavery. Once, after I had been absent from home some time, my -mistress, on my return, came rushing out to the gate and crying with a -loud voice, “Oh, Ambrose, Ambrose! I had rather live in the smokiest -cabin on the place, and had your master’s will done, than to be in the -king’s palace,” but the will was burned and so it could not be done. -The other will that set me free was made ten years before emancipation; -but emancipation came before my master died, and so his will did me no -good. - -During all my slave life I never lost sight of freedom. It was -always on my heart; it came to me like a solemn thought, and often -circumstances much stimulated the desire to be free and raised great -expectation of it. We slaves all knew when an Abolitionist got into -Congress. We knew it when there was just one there, and we watched it -all the way until there was a majority there. I don’t know hardly how -we got the knowledge, but we always knew. We always called “freedom” -“possum,” so as to keep the white people from knowing what we were -talking about. We all understood it. - -Some years before emancipation, my master signed $900 to be paid in -work towards building a Baptist College where we lived. He sent me to -work out his subscription. I had four children of my own, and I thought -that it was hard for me to work out this $900, when I could have no -privilege of educating my own children. I little thought then that my -children would ever graduate at this college, but God has turned things -about so that three of my children have graduated, and the fourth will -graduate next June; so that when I worked out this subscription of -my master, I was building a college for myself and my family. While -at work on this college, I fell into a conversation with the white -carpenters at work there, and they said “niggers” would do nothing “if -set free.” I told them if they would take me out into the woods and -strip every rag from me, and set me free, that in ten years I would -school my children. - -Just after emancipation my master said: “Ambrose, I want you to let -Nannie stay with her mistress; she can’t do without her.” I said: -“Master, I always thought that if ever I was free I would educate -my children; if ’twas not for that, sir, I would accommodate you.” -“Ambrose,” said he, “I hardly thought you would deny me.” I said: “I -can’t do any better, sir.” With this we separated, and now all my -children are good scholars; one is a minister; one has charge of an -academy; I have a good house of seven rooms, and eleven acres of land -about it, besides a farm of 320 acres in the country. - -Nothing can illustrate the great change that has come over us, unless -it is the change in passing from earth to heaven. You could see the -force of this illustration if you knew our history--if you only knew -the dark Egypt we have come through. I believe emancipation will work -out as great things for us as it did for Israel. - -When the college and the Congregational Church were planted here -I joined the church, and have never been sorry for it. I love the -missionary cause, and would rather give all I have than to see it go -down. - -I love to think of my son down in Selma preaching. There was quite a -scare there about the yellow fever, and my son wrote me to know what -he should do; I wrote him back, “to look to the Lord, and stand to his -post.” - - * * * * * - - -A GRATEFUL WARD. - -A Letter from an Indian. - -I thank you, gentlemen, you kind and good. By and by I see you and tell -you. You give money to Mrs. Caruthers to help me learn. I try to learn -fast. Indian no talk much English. May be very soon I understand. Long -ago I an Indian, now I don’t think so. I think gust the same white man. -Now I want be same as good white man. Here this country good Tarrytown -I like. Your a - - KIOWA FRENCH ZONE KE-UH. - - * * * * * - - - - -AFRICA. - - * * * * * - - -THE MENDI MISSION. - -REV. A. F. JACKSON, AVERY. - -When one enters upon this kind of work, he enters upon a tedious and -arduous one--a work accompanied with many dark and gloomy days, as well -as some bright ones. I suppose that you are aware that my work has been -assigned me at Avery, or Mannah Bargroo Station, on the Little Sherbro -river, about fifty-eight miles from Good Hope. At this station all of -the agricultural work is carried on. We have here a mill, coffee-farm -and ginger farm. I employ in the mill seven native men all the while; -and on the farm two native men; besides a crew of boatmen, that row -our boat from British Sherbro to the neighboring villages to sell the -lumber that is sawed at our mill. We are enabled to keep one boat -running all the while, and it is manned by natives entirely. They make -first-rate crewmen, and have a decided advantage over a similar act -of Englishmen or Americans, from the fact that they are always naked, -and there is no impediment in case of an accident. All of them can -swim in almost any kind of water. They do not stop to question whether -there be alligators in the water or not, but go at the command. I can -say that I have tried them sufficiently in all ways, and I have as -yet found them all to be quite honest, with the exception of one man, -who very politely went into my lot of goods on the way from Good Hope -to my station, and took therefrom five or six yards of baft to trade -for rice. This is the only dishonest act that I have known any one to -commit since my arrival on the coast of Africa. - -I have said a good deal about my boatmen, and will now give you a brief -sketch of the habits and customs of this people. In the first place, -the men go entirely naked, with the exception of a cloth they wear, -something like that of an American baby’s diaper. The women wear about -four yards of cloth thrown carelessly around them, covering the lower -extremities, and tied by the ends about the waist. - -When one dies, they have what they call “the cry,” in which all join. -They go for miles to attend “the cry.” The body of the deceased is -wrapped in matting, and conveyed to its long resting-place--a hole -which is dug for that purpose. This has always been their mode of -burying, and in many instances they prefer it to our way. - -As to the general build of this people it is quite good. They possess -very good features, as a general thing, having smooth skins and round -faces. Their noses are not so flat as the American negro’s; neither are -their eyes so red and blood-shot. Their mouths are not so disfigured. -The most of them have quite a neat lip, not so thick as that of the -American negro. Their hands and feet are generally small. Their bodies -are very straight and well developed. It is astonishing to see how they -carry burdens, either upon the head or back, with a loop so that it can -be fastened around their foreheads. - -A good stout man will carry as much on his head and back as you can -pack on a young ass three years old, and they never murmur. They live -in mud houses covered with thatch, but a thatch inferior to anything we -know of in America. It is made of bamboo, and only lasts from nine to -twelve months. - -They subsist on rice, cassada, cocoa, fufu, crencray, palaver-sauce -and fish. Any one of these vegetables mentioned will grow without any -attention at all, except the cocoa, and that is a very tender plant, -indeed, and the consequence is, that they have less of it than anything -else. The cocoa and cassada are the only vegetables that I have learned -to eat. The cocoa, after it is cooked, is much like an Irish potato, -and makes a very palatable dish, indeed. The cassada, when cooked, -resembles an American squash, and is a very nice dish for dinner or -breakfast. Should a person presume to eat these vegetables mentioned, -without having been a good while in the country, he at once had better -have a mill-stone hanged about his neck, and his body committed to the -briny deep. He would fare about as well. No foreigner, of whatever -nationality he may be, can come into Africa and subsist at first upon -the native productions. - -We are all aware that Africa has long been called the burying-ground -of missionaries. The reasons are, in my judgment, these: In the first -place, missionaries in going to Africa generally exert themselves -too much on entering the field. The climate is such as rapidly to -reduce one’s physical strength. It is a custom among all persons, as -soon as they have been informed of their malady, at once to retire to -their beds, and demand that a physician be called. The calling of the -physician is all right; but it is far better to keep out of bed, and -to keep moving; for if you give up and go to bed, you are almost sure -to die. Another reason, as I before said, is trying to live on native -productions too early after arriving on the continent. - -I must say, just here, that two-thirds of what you hear about Africa is -fabulous. At least it is so in the region in which our missions are -established. There is a great deal said about the native bread-tree. -There is such a thing as a bread-tree in this country, but it is -almost as scarce in the region in which the mission is established -as the orange-tree is in the States, and you are aware how plentiful -the orange-tree is there. The fabulous tree so called, might very -appropriately have been named a squash-tree, because it bears no -similarity to bread, and will not answer at all in the place of bread. -When green, or before it is plucked, it bears a close similarity to -what is known in the States as the hedge orange, and, when cooked, it -tastes something between a potato-pumpkin and squash. - -There are some oranges here, but they are scarce. They do not seem to -be a native fruit, because they do not grow everywhere in the country, -but only where the ground is cleared up, and the undergrowth cut down. -They are not of a rich yellow color like an American orange, but -greenish and small. They have quite a delicious taste, somewhat devoid -of juice, when compared with our Florida orange, but equal to it in -sweetness. We have another fruit here, known as the lime. It bears a -close similarity to a lemon; in fact the only difference that I can -detect is, that the lemon as a general thing is larger, and not so -round. As to the pine-apple, it grows only where it is taken care of; -it may grow in the wilds, but never bears fruit. The rice that is grown -in Africa is not so good as that in the States. It is really the main -thing grown upon the continent in the way of eatables. If you buy two -bushels of rough rice, you will not get more than sixteen quarts that -can be used, and you must pay from 2s. 9d. to 3s. per bushel. This, I -am sorry to say, is about the way with all the country productions. - -Knowing that you are always anxious concerning our health, I, perhaps, -ought to have spoken of it sooner. I am in quite good health, and have -been since my first attack of the African fever. My wife has had quite -a severe attack of the fever; so severe that I thought I should lose -her; but God in his goodness saw fit to spare her to me. She has never -regained her strength, but I trust that God in some way or other will -restore her to perfect health again. - -The religious work at Avery is going on nicely. I found here a small -chapel, but no church members. Dr. James had kept up a prayer-meeting, -and there was some interest among the people, but there had been no -ingathering of souls to Christ. After looking around and seeing the -real condition of things, I came to the conclusion that whatever was -done must be done quickly; so I made it my aim to get at the people at -once with the truths of Jesus Christ, and they seemed to take right -hold of them as fast as given to them. I adopted this plan: to take -my Bible every evening and go out among the regular heathen; but I -soon found out that I was unable to reach them in that way, from the -fact that I could not speak their language. So I gave that plan up, -and adopted the one of going among them twice a week, and taking with -me my Bible and an interpretor. This I found to be the best plan; so -then and there I got hold of the people. Now, having found this to -work well, I began to preach to the people in their own villages and -“fackies,” as they call them. After I found out that I could gather -them together in their fackies, I then set to work to persuade them to -come to my church; which I did with great success, and from time to -time I gathered into the church the following persons and names. June -16th, I opened the doors of the church, and enrolled the following: H. -C. Hallock L., Isaac Vincent L., James Cole L., John Davis R., Samuel -Wise R., Richard Wilkerson R., Yamba R., One Pound R., Henry Peters R., -Small Banna R., William Wilberforce L., Mrs. Lucker L., Mrs. Peters R., -Mrs. Hannah Vincent L., and a Sherbro chief, A. P. Cardy R. - -June 30th, I opened the doors of the church again, and enrolled the -following: James Picket L., Sarah Tucker R., Mrs. Elizabeth Beal R., -Elizabeth Wilberforce R., Mrs. Mary Cole L., Mrs. Nancy Davis R., -Madam Damba R., Madam Dambee R. July 28th, I opened the doors and took -the following names. The chief Karry Pherner L., chief, Lalula R., -John Bull R., Cunda R., Kirby R., Matilda Leatum L., Mrs. Yamba R., -Mrs. One Pound R., and Bye R. As I neglected to tell you in regard to -the conversion of these persons I will give you some idea of it by the -following letters. The letter “R” signifies recently converted, and the -letter “L” long converted. I must say that the especial blessing of -the Lord seemed very near all on the 4th of August. This was the first -Lord’s Supper celebrated at Avery Station. On this day I preached to -a very large number of native men and women. I baptized seven grown -persons and four children, making a total of eleven persons baptized. - -This people, as a general thing, have very many troubles among -themselves that must be settled at once, in order to secure peace among -them. If you have gained their confidence, they will at all times -call upon you to settle any disturbance that may occur among them, it -matters not how difficult the case may be. Great caution is required in -rendering your decision, otherwise it may cause speedy bloodshed and -panic throughout the region. I am sorry to say that the prospects are -quite threatening just now for an outbreak at any time in the region -adjacent to Avery and the Little Boom. But I hope that it will not be -very serious. The Governor is expected to investigate the Boom trouble -this week, and it is thought that it can be settled without any serious -damage to either side. I have felt greatly the lack of reading matter -at my Station. There are many dreary hours out here that might be -whiled away with good reading matter. I rather think that some of the -good friends in New York would be glad to send a paper or two now and -then to a poor wayfarer on the distant shores of Africa. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE INDIANS. - - * * * * * - - -SISSETON AGENCY. - -Farming Tools Bought. - -E. H. C. HOOPER, AGENT - -For several years past, till last year, the crops on this reserve have -been nearly all destroyed by grasshoppers; but this season promises an -abundant harvest. The farming has been attended with unusual success, -and the Indians feel very much encouraged with the result of their farm -labor. - -At present there are 2,191 acres of land broken on this reservation, -450 acres of which are new land broken during this season. Seventeen -hundred acres are under cultivation by the Indians. There was a much -larger acreage plowed last fall than ever before at the same season -of the year, and, under the supervision of our farmer, it was well -prepared for seeding in the spring. Nearly all our Indians, who were -without seed, were provided from the warehouse early in the season, and -manifested a good degree of interest in planting and cultivating. - -Early in July, many of the Indian farmers, feeling confident of a large -yield of grain, were very earnest in their appeals for grain cradles -and other appliances with which to secure their crops. And, under -authority from the Department, a lot of grain cradles were bought and -issued to them. But the number purchased was insufficient to supply the -wants of all, and a considerable portion of the wheat in small fields -was cut with scythes. - -Several of our Indians who have large wheat fields, have bought -harvesters for themselves, at a cost of from $165 to $200 each, and are -to pay for them from the proceeds of their sales of wheat; this is a -move in the right direction and cannot be too highly commended. - -All our Indians are half-breeds (with but few exceptions, and these -generally confined to very old people) wear citizens’ dress, and a -large majority of them live in very comfortable houses, made of hewed -logs, and are furnished with cook-stoves, tables, seats, and other -housekeeping conveniences. - -There are some forty frame buildings occupied by our Indians, several -of which are two stories high and painted, all having more or less land -under cultivation. - - -Schools. - -During ten months of the year--(the Manual Labor School eleven -months)--three schools have been in successful operation: the Manual -Labor School, the Good-Will Boarding and Day-School, and the Ascension -School. The Manual Labor School building, situated one and a half miles -from the agency, was originally provided with seats for fifty-six -scholars, but the sleeping accommodations for this number of children -have never been sufficient, and during the past year our carpenter -has made an addition of several new sleeping rooms, and improved the -condition of the old ones, which has added very much to the comfort and -convenience of the pupils. - -There are only four or five boys of sufficient age to be serviceable -about the farm or garden. When out of school they were kept at work -preparing the ground for seeding and cultivating, besides attending to -the stock and farm work generally, all being done under the immediate -supervision of the principal, who is, fortunately, a good farmer. - -After the regular school hours, the girls are taught sewing of all -kinds; cutting, making and trimming dresses, repairing garments; -darning, knitting and use of sewing machine; also all kinds of -housework, cooking, and the work of the dairy. After service in the -evening, instructions are given in music, instrumental and vocal, in -which both boys and girls take an unusual interest and show a marked -improvement during the year. Mr. Tuckey, the present principal, -assumed the duties of his office May 1st, and has been untiring in his -exertions to advance the pupils in their studies, and, for the short -time which he has been with them, appears to have been very successful. -The two female assistants having had two years’ experience here, and -been deeply interested in their pupils, have proved very valuable and -successful teachers, and have the confidence and respect of the parents. - -The time of the matron is fully occupied from six A. M. to nine P. -M., in looking after and providing for the numerous wants of the -pupils, and in this difficult and laborious work has proved to be very -efficient. - -The Good Will Mission Boarding and Day-School is situated one and -three quarter miles from the agency; the children are rationed and -supplied in part with clothing from the warehouse, but the other -expenses--salaries, etc--are borne by the A. B. C. F. M. This school -has accommodated as many as thirty-two scholars, part of them boarding -at houses in the vicinity. - -The day-school, situated at Ascension, about six miles from the agency, -had, some months, thirty scholars; they live in the vicinity of the -school-house, and are quite regular in attendance. - -In addition to these three schools, two others were opened, and -reading, writing and arithmetic in Dakota were taught by Indian -teachers, during two months in the spring, with an average daily -attendance of eighteen scholars each. These schools were opened at the -earnest request of several of the leading men in their vicinity, in -the form of a petition to the agent. These parents seemed in earnest -in their efforts to have the schools opened, and showed a continued -interest in them by frequent visits during the time they were in -operation. - -The estimated number of children of school-going age on this reserve -is three hundred, and we have two brick school-houses, built in 1873, -at an estimated cost of $600 each--one situated about one and a half -miles south of the agency, and the other at the Mayasan, twenty miles -distant; both are provided with improved seats, tables, etc., and will -accommodate forty scholars each; neither of them has been used, for -school purposes to any extent since they were built, but allowed to -remain unoccupied. - - * * * * * - - - - -RECEIPTS - -FOR OCTOBER, 1878. - - * * * * * - - - MAINE, $169.24. - - Alfred. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00 - Andover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.60 - Augusta. Collected by Francis Littlefield, _for - Printing Press, Talladega, Ala._ 35.00 - Augusta. Joel Spalding 10.00 - Bangor. First Cong. Ch. 23.92 - Bluehill. Mrs. S. E. D. P. 1.00 - Eastport. Central Cong. Sab. Sch. $5; G. A. P. 50c 5.50 - Fryeburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.40 - Gardiner. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.73 - Hallowell. Emma French, bbl. of C. - Limerick. S. F. H. _for Raleigh, N. C._ 1.00 - North Waterford. S. E. H. 1.00 - Orland. A. L. D. 1.00 - Portland. J. B. Libby, _for Raleigh, N. C._ 5.00 - West Auburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 - Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. 21.00 - Woolwich. D. C. Farnham 5.00 - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE, $236.90. - - Atkinson. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. JOB - ATWOOD DOW, L. M. 22.00 - Claremont. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 34.38 - Dover. S. Foye, _for Raleigh, N. C._ 3.00 - Dover. Mrs. Dr. L. 1.00 - Keene. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., Second Ch., bbl. of C. - and $2.50 _for freight_ 2.50 - Mason. L. J. G. 1.00 - Mount Vernon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00 - Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 41.68 - Northwood Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.32 - Pelham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $25.75; Mrs. Putnam $5 30.75 - Raymond. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $15.60; “S. E. P.” $5 20.60 - Rindge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.67 - Temple. Cong. Sab. Sch. 20.00 - Tilton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.60 - - - VERMONT, $274.63. - - Barnet. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.00 - Charlotte. Nettie A. Parker 5.00 - Coventry. M. C. Pearson 4.00 - East St. Johnsbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Enosburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.00 - Jamaica. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.10 - McIndoes. Mrs. B. 0.50 - Montgomery. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.15 - Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Friends 18.00 - St. Johnsbury. South Ch. Ladies’ Soc., _for - Student Aid, Talladega C._ 125.00 - St. Johnsbury. “A Memorial.” 25.00 - Waterville. Cong. Ch. 2.21 - West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. 18.67 - West Charleston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 - - - MASSACHUSETTS, $2,486.64. - - Agawam. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.33 - Amesbury and Salisbury. Union Evan. Ch. and Soc. 22.51 - Amherst. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. $75; S. E. H. - $1; College Ch. $37.25 113.25 - Andover. South Cong. Sab. Sch. 14.00 - Ashby. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.50 - Attleborough. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00 - Barnstable Co. “A Traveller.” 12.00 - Barre. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MRS. - HARDING WOODS, L. M. 30.00 - Blackstone. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.05 - Boston. Second Dorchester Cong. Ch. 395.80 - Boston. Dr. H. B. Hooker 5.00 - Boston Highlands. Immanuel Sab. Sch., _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 4.00 - Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $10.35, and Sab. Sch. - $4.66 15.01 - Bridgewater. Central Sq. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $74.63, - and Sab. Sch. $15 89.63 - Brookfield. Evan Cong. Ch. 50.00 - Brookline. Howard Ch. and Soc. 63.97 - Campello. Ladies’ Sewing Circle, bbl. of C. - Charlestown. Winthrop Cong. Ch. 66.64 - Charlton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $19, and Sab. Sch. - $5.09 24.09 - Chicopee. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.92 - Cummington. “Friends” 11.00 - Dana. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.25 - Dracut. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.00 - Easthampton. C. S. W. 1.00 - Fitchburg. Rollstone Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of which - $25 _for Student, Atlanta U._) 76.69 - Fitchburg. Rev. and Mrs. J. M. R. Eaton 10.00 - Foxborough. Cong. Sab. Sch. 20.00 - Framingham. Plymouth Ch. and Soc. 140.00 - Great Barrington. “A. C. T.” 1.00 - Hanover. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.73 - Hanson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.15 - Haverhill. Mrs. Mary B. Jones $10; “A Friend” - $2; Mrs. Stephen Chase $10; Mrs. L. P. F. 25c 22.25 - Holbrook. Bequest of E. N. Holbrook 200.00 - Holbrook. E. Everett Holbrook $50; Mrs. C. S. - Holbrook $25 75.00 - Holyoke. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.22 - Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.35 - Lancaster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $26.55; Evan. Cong. - Sab. Sch. $15 41.55 - Lenox. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00 - Littleton. “A Friend” $25; Cong. Ch. and Soc. $14 39.00 - Lowell. Rev. Smith Baker $25 _for Bell, Atlanta, - Ga._; Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc. $22.69 47.69 - Lowell. Pawtucket Cong. Ch. 21.74 - Lowell. Correction: N. C. Wiley $25 in November, - should read Hon. Nathan Crosby $25. - Lunenburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.75 - Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 47.92 - Marlborough. T. B. Patch 2.00 - Mattapoisett. Cong. Ch. 22.00 - Medfield. Lydia A. Dow $2,--Ladies, bbl. of C. and - $2 _for freight_ 4.00 - Methuen. Joseph F. Ingalls 60.00 - Mitteneaque. Cong. Ch. 18.85 - Monson. Austin Newell 2.00 - North Adams. Cong. Ch., quar. coll. 24.47 - North Leominster. Cong. Ch. of Christ 4.87 - North Reading. Frank H. Foster 10.00 - North Wilmington. L. F. M. 1.00 - Newbaryport. Belleville Cong. Ch. $50; Foster W. - Smith $5 55.00 - Newton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $33.17; North Evan. - Ch. and Soc. $5 38.17 - Orange. Ladies of Cong. Ch. bbl. of C. - Petersham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.13 - Pittsfield. Ladies’ Soc., by Mrs. H. M. Hurd, 2 - bbls of C., _for Tougaloo, Miss._ - Raynham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.75 - Reading. Dea. Hiram Barnes 10.00 - Shelburne Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.35 - South Abington. “Friend.” 14.00 - Southborough. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.00 - South Deerfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) to - const. REV. S. K. BONNELL, L. M. 15.60 - South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. $60, to const. - MRS. LUCY P. LEWIS and MRS. MARIA A. FEARING, - L. M’s; Union Cong. Ch. $9.43 69.43 - Springfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $17.66; South - Cong. Ch. and Soc. $15.21 32.87 - Taunton. Union Cong. Ch. $18.19; Mrs. A. P. G. $1 19.19 - Townsend. “A Friend.” 4.00 - Uxbridge. First Evan. Ch. and Soc. 27.31 - Walpole. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.10 - Webster. First Cong. Ch. 18.00 - West Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.64 - Westfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.32 - West Medway. C. A. Adams 4.00 - Worcester. Rev. W. J. White $2; “A Friend” $1 3.00 - - - RHODE ISLAND, $26. - - Little Compton. Cong. Sab. Sch. $23; E. Wilbur $2; - G. A. G. $1 26.00 - - - CONNECTICUT, $1,003.29. - - Ashford. Rev. C. P. Grosvenor 7.50 - Bristol. Mrs. Phebe L. Alcott 5.00 - East Hampton. Cong. Ch. 62.06 - East Woodstock. Cong. Ch. 29.00 - Farmington. Cong. Ch. 41.59 - Greens Farms. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 - Hartford. Mrs. C. T. Hillyer, to const. JAMES EDGAR - GREGG, L. M. 30.00 - Middlefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. EDWIN P. - ANGIER, L. M. 35.16 - Milford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 38.45 - New Hartford. North Cong. Ch. $37.50; South Cong. - Ch. $10.60 48.10 - New Haven. “W. C. S.” 2.00 - Old Lyme. Cong. Ch. 13.43 - Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 23.97 - Plainville. “A Friend,” to const. FRANK BARNES, - SAMUEL BEARD and EDWARD W. HART L. M.’s 100.00 - Pomfret. “A Friend.” 27.00 - Pequonock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.13 - Preston City. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.00 - Prospect. Cong. Ch. 7.84 - Southbury. C. B. 1.00 - South Britain. “Friends,” by N. P. Johnson 2.00 - Rockville. Cong. Ch. 52.72 - Talcottville. Cong. Ch. 112.60 - Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 40.75 - Wallingford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 43.75 - Westbrook. Cong. Ch. 34.07 - Westford. Cong. Ch. 6.00 - Williamantic. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.27 - Wolcottville. L. Wetmore 100.00 - Wolcottville. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., by Mrs. A. E. - Perrin, $26, and bbl. of C. 26.00 - Woodstock. Cong. Ch. 12.90 - - - NEW YORK, $459.13. - - Sherburne. Cong. Ch. 60.06 - Spencerport. Cong. Ch. 14.00 - Whitney’s Point. Mrs. E. Rogers 2.00 - Batavia. “A Friend.” 21.12 - Binghamton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 32.20 - Brasher Falls. Elijah Wood $15; Mrs. Eliza A. Bell - $2 17.00 - Brier Hill. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Camden. “A Friend.” 1.00 - Churchville. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.25 - Eagle Mills. Mrs. Maria S. Hatch 10.00 - Gloversville. Cong. Sab. Sch. $50, (James S. - Hosmer, Supt.,) _for a Student, Fisk U._; Cong. - Ch. (ad’l) $1 51.00 - Lima. Mrs. M. Sprague, _for Student Aid_ 5.00 - Madison. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Marcellus. First Ch. 22.00 - Marcellus. E. L. $1; F. H. B. 50c. 1.50 - Masonville. Miss S. P. 1.00 - Morrisville. Mrs. M. G. De Forest 5.00 - Munnsville. ESTATE of Mandana Barber, by N. S. Hall - and E.J. Barber, Ex’s. 125.00 - New York. Gen. C. B. Fisk, to const. MISS HELEN C. - MORGAN, L. M. 30.00 - - - NEW JERSEY, $11.68. - - Chester. First Cong. Ch. 11.68 - - - PENNSYLVANIA, $56. - - Blossburg. Welsh Cong. Ch. (of which $2 from John - Hughes, Sen.) 8.00 - Norristown. Mrs. Mary W. Cook 10.00 - Pittsburgh. B. Preston 25.00 - Sharpeburg. Joseph Turner 10.00 - West Alexander. “J. S.” 3.00 - - - OHIO, $221.73. - - Andover. O. B. Case $3; Mrs. O. B. Case $12 15.00 - Chatham. Cong. Ch. $2.88; C. F. Thatcher $2, _for - Tougaloo, Miss._ 4.88 - Cleveland. Plymouth Ch. Sab. Sch. $25, _for Le Moyne - Library, Memphis, Tenn._--Euclid Ave. Cong. Ch. - $18.60 43.60 - Cincinnati. Rent, _for the Poor in New Orleans_ 36.38 - Cuyahoga Falls. Cong. Sab. Sch. 6.58 - Fitchville. First Cong. Ch. $14; Second Cong. Ch. - $6.40 20.40 - Gambier. James S. Sawer 5.00 - Lodi. Cong. Ch. $6.25; “A Friend” 30c., _for - Tougaloo, Miss._ 6.55 - Mantua. Cong. Ch. 4.00 - Marysville. Cong. Ch. 10.29 - North Benton. Simon Hartzell 5.00 - Painesville. First Cong. Ch. (of which $2.55 from - Mrs. A. Morley, _for Straight U._) 26.79 - Rootstown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00 - Ruggles. A. F. Weston 5.00 - Springfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.26 - Tallmadge. Mrs. C. H. Sackett, _for Tougaloo, Miss._ 5.00 - Wellington. Edwin Wadsworth $5; Nathaniel D. - Billings $5 10.00 - - - ILLINOIS, $1,071.58. - - Chicago. New England Cong. Ch. (of which $100 _for - Howard U._) $191.33.--First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. - $50, _for a Student, Howard U._--Sab. Sch. of - Leavitt St. Cong. Ch. $9.50, _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._--New Eng. Ch., Ladies’ M. S. $5 255.83 - Downer’s Grove. Cong. Sab. Sch. 9.20 - Dover. Cong. Ch., Theo. W. Nichols 27.00 - Elgin. Cong. Ch. 11.88 - Farmington. S. B. 0.25 - Galesburg. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 15.00 - Galva. Mrs. B. S. Eldridge, _for Student Aid, Fisk - U._ 10.00 - Griggsville. “Friends,” by Mrs. H. C. 10.00 - Huntley. Cong. Ch. 4.00 - Joy Prairie. Cong. Ch. 18.00 - Lee Centre. Cong. Ch. $11.60, and Sab. Sch. $1.36 12.96 - Lisbon. Cong. Ch. 13.20 - Naperville. A. A. Smith 2.00 - Plainfield. Cong. Ch. 1.00 - Polo. Robert Smith 500.00 - Princeton. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 20.00 - Rockford. Second Cong. Ch. 93.26 - Roscoe. Mrs. A. A. Tuttle 3.00 - Sandwich. Cong. Ch. 18.00 - San Jose. S. J. and S. T. 1.00 - Springfield. First Cong. Ch. (ad’l). 45.00 - Walnut Hill. Mrs. E. D. W. 1.00 - Wheaton. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., by Mrs. H. W. Cobb, - 2 bbls. of C., _for Savannah, Ga._ - - - MICHIGAN, $158.27. - - Adrian. Plymouth Ch. 8.85 - Armada. Cong. Ch. 11.11 - Flint. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00 - Galesburg. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 13.00 - Grand Rapids. B. Stocking 5.00 - Hopkins Station. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00 - Kalamazoo. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. $25, _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._--Mrs. Boughton $2 27.00 - Lansing. Plymouth Ch. 36.48 - Olivet. Cong. Ch. $30.33.--Dea. S. F. Drury $10, - _for Straight U._ 40.33 - Paw Paw. Cong. Ch. 1.50 - - - IOWA, $140.85. - - Chester. Cong. Ch. 26.50 - Council Bluffs. Cong. Ch. 26.99 - Davenport. Edwards’ Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student, - Fisk U._ 50.00 - Dutch Creek. P. F. N. 1.00 - Franklin. Dea. J. B. 0.50 - Grinnell. A. C. H. 1.00 - McGregor. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 17.31 - Osage. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 2.40 - Quasqueton. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - Shenandoah. A. S. L. 0.50 - Strawberry Point. Cong. Ch. 10.15 - Waterloo. Mrs. M. B. F. 0.50 - Winthrop. I. H. D. 1.00 - - - WISCONSIN, $100.13. - - Appleton. “Lena,” _for Chinese M._ 5.00 - Beloit. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 14.00 - Bristol and Paris. Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Cooksville. Edward Gilley 5.00 - Dartford. Cong. Ch. 5.73 - Evansville. “Friends,” by Mrs. Pratt (ad’l) 1.00 - Geneva. Presb. Ch., quar. coll. 15.00 - Hudson. Sophronia H. Childs 10.00 - New Richmond. Cong. Ch. 6.40 - Royalton. Cong. Ch. 8.00 - Shopiere. John H. Cooper 5.00 - Sparta. L. S. 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