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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 34, No. 10, October, 1880 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: July 8, 2017 [EBook #55069] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, OCTOBER 1880 *** - - - - -Produced by 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. XXXIV. NO. 10. - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” - - * * * * * - - OCTOBER, 1880. - - - - - _CONTENTS_: - - - EDITORIAL. - - OUR ANNUAL MEETING—PARAGRAPHS 289 - PARAGRAPHS 290 - JUBILEE SINGERS 291 - ATLANTA’S COLORED PEOPLE—COMMON SENSE FOR COLORED MEN 292 - OUR SCHOOLS AND THE COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM 293 - A NEW SOUTH, NOT A NEW ENGLAND IN THE SOUTH 294 - MTESA AND THE RELIGION OF HIS ANCESTORS 296 - BEGGING LETTER 297 - AFRICAN NOTES 299 - ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 300 - - - THE FREEDMEN. - - COLORED CADETSHIP 302 - NORTH CAROLINA, MCLEANSVILLE—Revival Interest 302 - SOUTH CAROLINA, GREENWOOD 303 - GEORGIA—Midway Anniversary 304 - GEORGIA—Atlanta University and Temperance 305 - ALABAMA—Shelby Ironworks 305 - ALABAMA—FLORENCE—Outside Work 306 - MISSISSIPPI—Tougaloo University 307 - - - THE INDIANS. - - S’KOKOMISH AGENCY: Rev. Myron Eells 308 - SISSETON AGENCY: Chas. Crissey 309 - - - THE CHINESE. - - SERMON BY JEE GAM 310 - - - CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - CHINESE AND CHINESE CUSTOMS 312 - - - RECEIPTS 313 - - - CONSTITUTION 317 - - - AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS 318 - - - * * * * * - - - NEW YORK: - - Published by the American Missionary Association, - - ROOMS, 56 READE STREET. - - * * * * * - - Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance. - -Entered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class matter. - - * * * * * - - - - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION - - 56 READE STREET, N. Y. - - * * * * * - - - PRESIDENT. - - HON. E. S. TOBEY, Boston. - - - VICE-PRESIDENTS. - - Hon. F. D. PARISH, Ohio. - Hon. E. D. HOLTON, Wis. - Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, Mass. - ANDREW LESTER, Esq., N. Y. - Rev. STEPHEN THURSTON, D. D., Me. - Rev. SAMUEL HARRIS, D. D., Ct. - WM. C. CHAPIN, Esq., R. I. - Rev. W. T. EUSTIS, D. D., Mass. - Hon. A. C. BARSTOW, R. I. - Rev. THATCHER THAYER, D. D., R. I. - Rev. RAY PALMER, D. D., N. J. - Rev. EDWARD BEECHER, 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, D. D., Ct. - DOUGLAS PUTNAM, Esq., Ohio. - Hon. THADDEUS FAIRBANKS, Vt. - SAMUEL D. PORTER, Esq., N. Y. - Rev. M. M. G. DANA, D. D., Minn. - Rev. H. W. BEECHER, N. Y. - Gen. O. O. HOWARD, Oregon. - Rev. G. F. MAGOUN, D. D., Iowa. - Col. C. G. HAMMOND, Ill. - EDWARD SPAULDING, M. D., N. H. - DAVID RIPLEY, Esq., N. J. - Rev. WM. M. BARBOUR, D. D., Ct. - Rev. W. L. GAGE, D. D., 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. A. L. STONE, D. D., California. - Rev. G. H. ATKINSON, D. D., Oregon. - Rev. J. E. RANKIN, D. D., D. C. - Rev. A. L. CHAPIN, D. D., Wis. - S. D. SMITH, Esq., Mass. - PETER SMITH, Esq., Mass. - Dea. JOHN C. WHITIN, Mass. - 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. - E. A. GRAVES, Esq., N. J. - Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D. D., Ill. - DANIEL HAND, Esq., Ct. - A. L. WILLISTON, Esq., Mass. - Rev. A. F. BEARD, D. D., N. Y. - FREDERICK BILLINGS, Esq., Vt. - JOSEPH CARPENTER, Esq., Ill. - Rev. E. P. GOODWIN, D. D., Ill. - Rev. C. L. GOODELL, D. D., Mo. - J. W. SCOVILLE, Esq., Ill. - E. W. BLATCHFORD, Esq., Ill. - C. D. TALCOTT, Esq., Ct. - Rev. JOHN K. MCLEAN, D. D., Cal. - Rev. RICHARD CORDLEY, D. D., Kansas. - - - CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. - - REV. M. E. STRIEBY, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ - - - DISTRICT SECRETARIES. - - REV. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_. - REV. G. D. PIKE, _New York_. - REV. JAS. POWELL, _Chicago_. - - H. W. HUBBARD, ESQ., _Treasurer, N. Y._ - REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _Recording Secretary_. - - - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. - - ALONZO S. BALL, - A. S. BARNES, - GEO. M. BOYNTON, - WM. B. BROWN, - C. T. CHRISTENSEN, - CLINTON B. FISK, - ADDISON P. FOSTER, - S. B. HALLIDAY, - SAMUEL HOLMES, - CHARLES A. HULL, - EDGAR KETCHUM, - CHAS. L. MEAD, - WM. T. PRATT, - J. A. SHOUDY - JOHN H. WASHBURN, - G. B. WILLCOX. - - -COMMUNICATIONS - -relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the -Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields to -the District Secretaries; letters for the Editor of the “American -Missionary,” to Rev. C. C. PAINTER, at the New York Office. - - -DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS - -may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New -York, or when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 -Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 112 West Washington Street, -Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a -Life Member. - - - - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - VOL. XXXIV. OCTOBER, 1880. NO. 10. - - * * * * * - - - - -American Missionary Association. - - * * * * * - - -OUR ANNUAL MEETING. - -The Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Missionary -Association will be held in the Broadway Church (Rev. Dr. -Chamberlain’s), Norwich, Ct., commencing Oct. 12, at 3 P. M., at -which time the Report of the Executive Committee will be read by -Rev. M. E. Strieby, D.D., Corresponding Secretary. The Annual -Sermon will be preached by Rev. Wm. M. Taylor, D.D., of New York -City, Tuesday evening. Reports, papers, and discussions upon -the work of the Society, may be expected throughout Tuesday and -Wednesday. The following persons have promised to be present and -participate in the exercises, with others: Rev. Lyman Abbott, D.D., -Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, H. K. Carroll, of New York City; Rev. A. F. -Beard, D.D., Syracuse, N. Y.; Rev. Alex. McKenzie, D.D., Cambridge, -Mass.; Prof. Wm. J. Tucker, D.D., Andover, Mass.; Prof. Cyrus -Northrop, New Haven, Ct.; Rev. Sam’l Scoville, Stamford, Ct.; Rev. -Joseph Anderson, D.D., Waterbury, Ct.; Rev. Wm. H. Willcox, D.D., -Malden, Mass. We also have invited Pres. Julius Seelye, Amherst, -Mass., and Hon. John P. Page, Rutland, Vt., and hope for favorable -responses. For reduction in railway fares and other important -items, see fourth page of cover. - - * * * * * - -In addition to the speakers from the North announced above, much -interest will be added to our Annual Meeting by addresses from some -of the prominent workers in the Southern field. - - * * * * * - -During the vacation of our schools and workers, there is a dearth -of intelligence from “the field,” which must be the MISSIONARY’S -apology for its leanness. The next number will be made fat with the -good things prepared for us at Norwich, and may be delayed on that -account, after which there will doubtless be abundance from our -teachers and pastors, who will by that time have their work well in -hand once more for another year’s labor. - - * * * * * - -The St. Louis School Board has added oral lessons in etiquette to -its course of studies. A few scholars read in turn five pages from -a manual of etiquette, and then a conversation is held on the topic -by teacher and pupils. We do not see why good manners are not as -essential as good grammar. - -So says the _Congregationalist_, and so says the AMERICAN -MISSIONARY. In several of our Institutions at the South, a small -text-book on good manners is used with accompanying oral lessons. -Colored pupils take well to such instruction. - - * * * * * - -Chicago is the freest city in this country. There is no -discrimination except in brains and money. Every place is open to -the colored man. The schools of the city have white and colored -children on the same seats and in the same classes, and no -“kicking” is heard. But what is the strangest of all, there are -two colored ladies who teach schools composed of white as well as -colored.—_Ex._ - - * * * * * - -It is possible we may yet go to the negro to learn many things, -especially the virtues allied to, and growing out of, patience -under provocations, of which certainly he has been a wonderful -example. The editorial fraternity of the country would do well to -imitate the example of the colored brethren, who at the meeting -of the Colored National Press Association, recently held in -Louisville, disposed cheaply of what has hitherto been regarded -as the editors’ inestimable and inalienable right by resolving, -“That when differences arise among us, we will eschew vituperation -and personal abuse, and that the columns of our papers shall be -kept free from everything calculated to detract from the tone and -character of journalism.” - - * * * * * - -The defense Roman Catholicism makes against Protestant ruffianism -varies according to environments; in Uganda it takes one form, in -the United States another; but it is good to see the necessity of -some form of it, as stated in one of the Roman Catholic journals -in Mexico as follows: “It is necessary that the Catholics rise -resolutely and make a rapid and voluntary movement in defense of -their belief. To-day, unfortunately, the Protestants come with -a subvention, and their teachings are extending throughout the -whole country. They circulate their writings at the lowest prices, -even give them away, sometimes in tracts, sometimes in papers, -which is the favorite method of sowing the bad seed; and, sad to -say, in exchange, the Catholic weeklies are dying off for lack -of subscribers to sustain them. Protestantism is becoming truly -alarming among us.” - - * * * * * - -The colored Baptist churches of Virginia and South Carolina, -believing the time has come when they should go forth to the -millions of their fatherland with the Gospel, have sent out two -missionaries; and now the churches of Virginia unite in calling a -convention to meet at Montgomery, Ala., on the 24th of November. -This call is as broad as all the colored Baptist churches and other -religious bodies of the colored Baptists of the United States, and -is “for the purpose of eliciting, combining and directing the -energies of all the colored Baptists in one sacred effort for the -propagation of the Gospel in Africa.” - -This may seem to some a somewhat narrow call, but it is for a broad -work—a work that shall yet elicit the energies of all our Father’s -children of whatever color and denomination, until the dark -continent shall be made glorious by the Sun of Righteousness. - - * * * * * - -Mohammedanism, whatever its affinity for Africa as it has been, and -its baleful power because of this, has no outlook for the future -of that sad, but soon to be made glad, continent. The _Foreign -Missionary_ well says: “If we consider only the physical condition -of success, it must be allowed that Islam has an immense advantage -in its central position and its vicinage to the field to be won. -There is much also in the greater similarity of character between -the Moslem and the heathen tribes as compared with Europeans, whose -habits are so utterly different from those of all African tribes. -But on the other hand, the forces of Christianity have now well -nigh surrounded Africa, and are pushing through a hundred avenues -into the interior. Discovery, time, commerce and civilization, are -handmaids of the Gospel as they are not of Islam. That can only -endure the dim light which survives from a past age. It belongs to -an age which has passed away, and to a type of civilization which -is everywhere sinking into decay.” - - * * * * * - - -JUBILEE SINGERS. - -These singers of world-wide fame will once more enter the “service -of song” for Fisk University. They have devoted their wonderful -voices to its benefit for six years, during which they left their -marvelous impress on vast and select audiences in America, Great -Britain, and the Continent, including the highest and humblest -in rank, and have reared as their monument the substantial and -beautiful Jubilee Hall, at Fisk University. The past two years they -have taken for needed rest, and in giving concerts for their own -benefit; and in dedicating themselves to the up-building of the -University, it is now for endowment, as it was then for building. - -During all these years, their voices have been more and more highly -cultivated, without losing their freshness and originality, or -their power to move most deeply the hearts of vast audiences, as -was so signally manifested in the enthusiastic gatherings they met -recently at Chautauqua. - -The name and fame of these Singers have been repeatedly -appropriated by unworthy imitators. This true Jubilee Troupe, when -again heard, will need no credentials except their own voices to -certify to the public that they are the original Jubilee Singers. - - * * * * * - -Gen. Garfield heard the Jubilee Singers when he was at Chautauqua, -and closed his eloquent speech with this beautiful tribute: - -“I heard yesterday and last night the songs of those who were -lately redeemed from slavery, and I felt that there, too, was one -of the great triumphs of the republic. I believe in the efficiency -of forces that come down from the ages behind us; and I wondered -if the tropical sun had not distilled its sweetness, and if the -sorrows of centuries of slavery had not distilled its sadness, into -voices which were touchingly sweet—voices to sing the songs of -liberty as they sing them wherever they go.” - -In his speech responding to a serenade by the “Boys in Blue” in -this city, he expressed this noble sentiment in reference to our -colored fellow-citizens—a sentiment which must become a fact -established beyond the possibility of successful assault before -there can be either peace or safety for the nation: - -“We will stand by them until the sun of liberty, fixed in the -firmament of our Constitution, shall shine with equal ray upon -every man, black or white, throughout the Union. Fellow-citizens, -fellow-soldiers, in this there is all the beneficence of eternal -justice, and by this we will stand forever.” - - * * * * * - - -_Atlanta’s Colored People._—Atlanta, and the world outside that -Chicago of the South, will doubtless be surprised to learn that her -colored people give in $250,000 of taxable property. There are over -six hundred who pay tax on values ranging between $100 and $1,000; -some forty ranging from $1,000 to $6,000 and over. In business -pursuits, there are 40 boot and shoe makers, 40 retail grocers, 75 -draymen, 25 hackmen, 20 blacksmiths, 12 barbers, 2 tailors, several -boarding-house keepers, 2 caterers, 5 confectioners, 3 dealers in -fruits, 1 dentist, 1 undertaker, 1 veterinary surgeon, 1 mattrass -maker, and 1 billiard-table keeper. Of bootblacks, newspaper -venders, porters, peddlers, drummers, messengers, hostlers, -waiters, and those engaged in mechanical pursuits, we have no -special data, for they are numerous. - -There are eighteen churches in the city, with an average membership -of 350, the three largest having each over 1,500. Over 5,000 -children and adults are in the Sabbath schools, and 1,278 children, -about one-half in the public schools of the city. There are three -lodges of Good Templars among them, having a total membership of -about 200. Two lodges of Good Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria -have a membership of some 500. The Brothers Aid Society number -some 250, and the Brothers of Love and Charity 75. The Gospel Aid -Society, Daughters of Bethel, and Daughters of Jerusalem—benevolent -institutions—number a total of about 600. The Masonic lodge has -some 50 members. There are lodges of Odd Fellows whose combined -membership exceeds 600. These institutions have encouraged them to -form habits of sobriety and economy, and imbued them with feelings -of charity and benevolence. There are five military companies, and -they show great proficiency in the manual of arms. - - * * * * * - - -COMMON SENSE FOR COLORED MEN. - -[The following letter with the above caption is from the New York -_Evangelist_, and was written by the Rev. Moses A. Hopkins, a -colored preacher of Franklinton, N.C. It contains so much truth, -and good, hard, common sense, that the MISSIONARY is constrained to -send it along. This is done with a slight but emphatic caveat in -regard to one paragraph, to which exception is taken as misleading. -To say “the pinching poverty which drove a few idle and ignorant -Freedmen to Indiana, Kansas, and Africa” does not come up to -the proportions, as the writer would imply that it does, of a -satisfactory explanation of this great movement which has taken -more than 40,000 colored people from their old to new homes, at -great expense, both of suffering and money. - -From Florence, Ala., many of the most intelligent and well-to-do -of these people exodized. Among those who went to Africa were many -intelligent and thrifty men, sufficiently so to send out an agent -and arrange for the movement, with means to place themselves in -their new home, and they were unanimous in assigning reasons which -justified them in the experiment.—ED. MISS.] - -Many designing men, “filled to the brim” with sledge-hammer -rhetoric and campaign eloquence, for more than a decade have “used -sorcery and bewitched the colored people” with their “cunning -craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive,” till many of the -Freedmen thought that the time had fully come when the last should -be first and the first last, and were waiting and watching for -their turn in the White House and Congress. - -But having hoped against hope, till hope deferred and poverty had -saddened their hearts, most of them have turned their minds to -the soil, which now promises “seed to the sower and bread to the -eater.” On every hand “the valleys are covered over with corn,” -and God, the poor man’s Friend, has just granted the tillers of -the ground “a plentiful rain,” which causes “the outgoings of the -morning and evening to rejoice.” - -The present prospect of a bountiful harvest has greatly inspired -our people to labor and to appreciate honest toil, and to remember -that the great mass of the Freedmen will make better plowmen than -Presidents, and better sowers than Senators. The pinching poverty -which drove a few idle and ignorant Freedmen to Indiana, Kansas -and Africa, has taught those who had the good sense to stay at -home, that God will not bless idleness and ignorance among any -people. Most of the Freedmen have decided to buy land and labor on -it; to build houses and dwell in them, “and to plant gardens and -eat the fruit of them”; to seek the peace of the country and the -cities where God has caused them to be carried away captives; and -to remember that in the peace and prosperity of this country shall -they have peace. - - * * * * * - - -OUR SCHOOLS AND THE COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM. - -The settlers of New England showed their uncommon common sense by -the early establishment of Harvard and Yale—the nursing mothers of -the common school system which has made these States what they are. -These colleges are not the ripened fruit of the common schools, -but the creators of them. For these colleges, we are indebted -to a class of men among the Pilgrim Fathers, educated in the -universities of the old world, a class not to be found among the -colored people of the South, and because of which alone, if for no -other reason, their condition differs immensely from that of the -Freedmen, who have no ability to create the instruments by which -they can be lifted up from the degraded condition in which slavery -left them. - -The deep-seated prejudice of the Southern white against the fact -of negro education, his bitter unwillingness to see the experiment -tried, coupled with his scornful incredulity that anything worth -the effort could be accomplished, made it certain that those -most deeply concerned, because of the new relation these people -sustained to them, in the elevation, through schools, of the negro, -would originate no efforts to this end. This gospel, like every -other, must be sent to those who are to be specially benefited by -it, and must be sustained, like all missionary enterprises, by -those who know its value, until it can vindicate itself to those to -whom it is sent. - -It is not rash to say that, but for outside pressure, few, if -any, of the Southern States would now have a system of common -schools, provided for by State legislation, even for the whites; -even less bold is the assertion that, but for the proved results -of missionary schools for the education of the colored people, -the South, and a large proportion of those in the North, would -be utterly incredulous as to the possibility of making scholars -of the negroes; and that the common schools forced upon the -unwilling South by the constitutions formed by conventions in -which the Southern sentiment found no expression, would never have -gained favor as they have with the people, but for the trained -teachers which our schools and the schools of other societies have -furnished. As in New England, so in the South, the trained teacher -makes the schools, which are thus the children of the colleges and -normal schools. - -Wherever we have been able to send competent colored teachers, the -whites are in favor of sustaining the common school system; and it -may with modesty be said, that the A.M.A., perhaps more than any -other agency, has won for it a place in the future of these States, -ten of which, according to the latest reports, appropriate $49,829 -for normal instruction in colored schools, a large share of which -goes to institutions established by Northern charity, to carry on -a work the value of which had been fully proven by these schools -before these States contributed a dollar for such a purpose. - -In 1878, out of a total school population in the recent slave -States, including the District of Columbia, of 5,187,584, 2,711,096 -were enrolled, being nearly 62 per cent. of the whites, and -something more than 47 per cent. of the blacks. Nearly twelve -millions of dollars was expended upon the schools for that year, -and for the most part it has been very equitably divided between -the races, except in Kentucky and Delaware, in which States the -school tax collected from the colored people alone is appropriated -to colored schools. - -Thus the teachers of negro schools have fought a great fight, and -have won substantial victories, for a system of education which is -to regenerate the South, and, more than any other and all other -agencies, is to convert elements of danger, which, neglected, -would soon have proved the ruin of our republic, into elements of -strength and greatness. - - * * * * * - - -A NEW SOUTH, NOT A NEW ENGLAND IN THE SOUTH. - -There is a general feeling outside of, and it is encouraging to -believe even in, the South, that a new state of things is desirable -for that section of the country. No one who has seen its homes, -schools, churches, industries (or want of them), its literature—in -short, whatever at once marks and constitutes its civilization, and -knows how meager and unworthy it is, but assents to the proposition -that the South needs to be regenerated, and heartily wishes that -“old things might pass away and all become new.” In one way or -another, New England has supplemented her earnest wish for it -with most earnest efforts to accomplish this regeneration. To say -nothing of legislative attempts by the Government, thousands of -missionaries, at an expense of millions of dollars, during the past -fifteen years, have, with great self-denial and laborious effort, -attempted the task, and the reports are abundant and uniform that -these efforts are beginning to have their effect. Old prejudices -are yielding; new industries and new institutions, the outcome -of new ideas, are springing up; society is changing, and the -country is beginning to put on a new aspect. Never before have the -societies and laborers engaged in this work been so cheered and -encouraged by the outlook. - -It may be well at this point to ask, toward what ideal we are -working, and fairly to consider the forces that are co-operating -with, or working against, us in this effort. The most potent factor -in the creation of a new South must be, of course, the South -itself, as of necessity she will be chiefly the architect of her -own fortunes, good or bad. - -It would be unwise, and the effort would prove futile, to attempt -its reconstruction by outside influences and agencies, in utter -disregard of the fact that to her belongs the right, and upon her -devolves the duty, as she alone possesses the power, of shaping -her own destiny. This being the case, it becomes evident that the -new South is not to be a New England in the South, and our Yankee -egotism should not measure the progress made in that section simply -by its observable approximation to Northern ideals. New England, as -it is, could not have been built except upon New England’s hills, -and we shall never see it in the cotton fields, rice swamps and -everglades of the sunny South. - -Other influences than those that are merely ethnic and moral help -to mold the character of a people, and to develop the industries -by which it shapes its civilization. We dare not think what the -result to our Republic would have been had the Mayflower found the -mouth of the Mississippi River instead of Plymouth harbor, and had -the Pilgrim Fathers settled on the savannahs of Louisiana instead -of the bleak hills of New England. The intelligent and thrifty -New England farmer, transplanted to Florida, may not, indeed, -degenerate into an everglade “cracker,” whose “strength is to sit -still” and chew tobacco; but he cannot be a New England farmer in -Florida, for the reason that he has neither the climate, soil nor -products of his old farm, and none of the conditions which partly -prompted, and partly compelled, the thrift which has characterized -the farmers of New England. - -New England has emptied itself, probably more than once, into -the West; she has sent her sons and daughters out into the great -prairies with the school-house and the church, and they have built -them homes hallowed and made beautiful by these influences, but -they have not reproduced Yankee New England, and they never can. - -In the new South, the ugly mud-daubed log huts will give place -to neat cottages; the school-houses will be multiplied until all -her children shall possess facilities for acquiring education; -churches, supplied with an educated ministry, will be accessible -to all inhabitants; roads will be built, over which it will be -possible to travel with comfort; the immense tracts of land -now impoverished and running to waste will be brought under -cultivation; a Christian conscience will displace a false code -of honor among the people as a rule of conduct, and methods more -civilized than the pistol and bowie-knife will be resorted to in -adjusting misunderstandings among neighbors. All this will be, and -of this there are evident tokens that it is now coming in. But the -wide diversity of soil and climate and other conditions of life, -the antipodal ideas which have shaped the character of the people, -the heterogeneous elements which more and more are entering into -the make-up of the population of the different sections—in short, -the necessities of the case, make it absolutely certain that New -England is to be confined to New England, and greatly modified even -there, and that the civilizations of the South and the West are to -be in many respects widely different, possessing characteristics -as marked, and doubtless as valuable, as those which have made -the influence of New England so beneficent upon the country at -large. It is wise, as it is also incumbent upon us, to supply the -educational influences which shall change the whole aspect of -Southern society, but foolish to undertake to cast it in the exact -form of that which we are proud to call New England. - - * * * * * - - -MTESA AND THE RELIGION OF HIS ANCESTORS. - -In 1875, Stanley wrote in the _London Telegraph_ of the wonderful -opening in Uganda, at the court and among the people of Mtesa, for -missionary effort. Within three days after the publication of his -letter, the Church Missionary Society received, from an unknown -giver, $25,000, which was soon increased by the same person to -$50,000, for opening a mission among the Waganda. - -The reception of the mission, which was soon sent out, was most -encouraging. The opposition of the Mohammedan Arabs, bitter as it -was, did not materially interfere with its prospects. The king -seemed intelligently alive to the fact that there was something, -at least, in a Christian _civilization_ infinitely superior to -what was offered in Mohammedanism or heathenism. For a time, -everything progressed most encouragingly; the king and all his -people gave themselves assiduously to the new doctrines, and the -work of the mission was interrupted only temporarily by a suspicion -on the part of the king that the missionaries were emissaries of -the Khedive of Egypt, and were intriguing in his interest. This -jealousy was soon allayed, friendly relations were restored, and -the work was fully resumed, when there appeared upon the scene ten -Jesuit missionaries, sent out by the Archbishop of Algiers, with -instructions to occupy every station of the Protestant missionary -societies in the region of Victoria Nyanza and Tanganika, with the -intention of carrying the French language and influence into the -depths of Central Africa. - -Their coming endangered for a time the life of the mission, and -their settlement near the palace by the king proved to be a serious -obstacle to the prosecution of its work. They gladly bribed the -king with gifts of arms and ammunition, articles eagerly sought by -him, but refused by the Protestant missionaries. They immediately -assumed a most hostile attitude toward the mission; denounced -the missionaries as liars, and threw the king and court into the -greatest perplexity. “What am I to believe?” cried the king. -“Who is right? First, I was a heathen, then a Mohammedan, then a -Christian; now some more white men come and tell me these English -are liars. Perhaps if I follow them, other white men will come and -tell me these are liars also.” - -After a time, matters had settled down to comparative quiet. -The missionaries appealed to the word, which they were rapidly -teaching the people to read. King and people were learning with an -eagerness like that manifested by the Freedmen of the South after -the surrender. The king had the prayers written out in Arabic -characters, and ordered many copies, so that all might join in the -Sunday services; and such was the evident interest of all, that -neither the efforts of the Moslems, made after the fast of Ramadhan -last autumn, to have their creed introduced, nor the opposition of -the Jesuits, availed to hinder the work. - -But there was a danger greater than the joint opposition of Arab -and Frenchman, of Islam and Loyola, with their confederates of the -slave trade—an adversary more to be dreaded, because indigenous to -the country, not foreign, and entrenched more deeply and strongly -in the African nature than any possible influence by which he could -be swayed. - -Messrs. Mackay and Litchfield were in November last anxiously -awaiting the return of Mr. Felkin from England, whither he had gone -with the Uganda chiefs, being in sore need of more paper to meet -the demand made for printed cards and pages of the Scriptures. Mr. -Pearson was at Kagei, where he had gone to bring some machinery -from that point to Rubaga. This he was not able to do and was -compelled to return without it. On arriving at Buganga his request -to be allowed to go on was refused, because Mokassa, one of the -Lubari of the Nyanza, had possession of a part of the lake, and no -one could pass over it. At the same time a number of half-caste -traders were kept waiting at Rubaga, not allowed to proceed to -Unyanyembe until this Neptune, god or devil of the lake should -return home. Messrs. Mackay and Litchfield heard from time to time -that the Lubare was expected at court to cure the king of his -sickness. One day they ventured to introduce the subject of his or -her (for in this case the Lubare is an old woman who personifies -the spirit or devil of the lake), coming. The king entered heartily -into the subject and translated to his chiefs all that was said by -the missionaries. They said to him, if Lubare is a god, then there -are two gods in Uganda—Jehovah and Mokassa. If he is a man, then -there are two kings in Uganda—Mtesa, who has given permission for -these traders to depart, and Mokassa, who has forbidden it. - -The next day, an order was sent for the traders to depart, and the -king proposed to his court that some cattle should be given to the -Lubare and she should be ordered to go back the way she came. - -Weeks passed, and it seemed doubtful whether the king would triumph -or the old chiefs and the king’s mother, who insisted that the -Lubare should have houses erected for her in the king’s inner -court. Mtesa himself said to Mr. Mackay, “I believe what you say is -true, and that every Lubare is a liar, and deceives the people only -to get food.” - -There was a gathering of the old chiefs, and the king was advised -by them that the missionaries had come to take possession of the -country, and were laboring to change its customs as a preliminary -step to conquering them altogether. Evidently the king was afraid -of the chiefs. The missionaries were at length summoned to court, -where were gathered the chiefs and a vast concourse of people. At -length the king announced the result of the council: “We shall now -have nothing more to do with either the Arabs’ or the white men’s -religion; but we shall return to the religion of our fathers.” -Every one assented with a simultaneous motion of hands. The next -day, the beating of drums announced the great procession which -accompanied the Mokassa to the palace. - -The pupils have all ceased to come to the mission; a time -of persecution is anticipated by those who have inclined to -Christianity; and everything looks dark for the mission, which -had been planted at great expense, with so much hope. It is -emphatically Satan’s hour of triumph; but we feel assured that the -hour of the Son of Man also draweth near, and this darkest is the -hour before the dawning of the day. - - * * * * * - - -BEGGING LETTER. - -[We give a prominent place in our pages to Mrs. Chase’s letter, -hoping it may meet with speedy and abundant answers. These calls, -dear friends, are frequent, and they are urgent; but they are the -calls of our Divine Lord in the person of His poor children, that -we give them a fair chance to rise up from the degradation into -which they have been thrust, and in which wicked prejudice and -selfishness would keep them. We earnestly hope Mrs. C.’s experience -of ten years ago will be by as much more blessed in your responses, -as our encouragement in this work, and apprehensions of its value, -are enlarged.—ED. MISS.] - - ATLANTA, GA. - -Begging letters! How you hate them! so do we! How often have we -been deluded with the hope that there was to be no more need of -this unpleasant duty. Friends unexpectedly come to the rescue of -needy students. Often since 1869 large donations have set our -feet upon mountain tops when we had expected to remain years -in the valleys. But every little while we have to meet our old -bug-bear. After one year’s absence we had been back but a few -days when President Ware said, “These twenty-six new rooms are to -be furnished; you’ll write some letters for us, won’t you, Mrs. -Chase?” Now that means begging; but those of you who know anything -of the type of President Ware’s devotion to Atlanta University, -know that the only reply possible for his friends to make would be, -“Certainly, sir.” So here I am doing the thing you and I hate. - -This begging money to furnish rooms brings up so many memories, I -must ask you to indulge me in a few reminiscences. - - * * * * * - -Eleven years ago we had but one building—teachers, scholars, -sleeping-rooms, dining room, etc., all crowded into that one. -Enough furniture was sent from an abandoned school in Augusta to -make the teachers’ rooms comfortable. In the students’ rooms, a -barrel with a board on it did the double duty of washstand and -table. In the summer of 1870, a new building for young men was -well on its way. It was our first summer in Atlanta. Some one -suggested that it would be pleasant to have individual friends, -Sunday-schools and churches furnish the dormitories, and keep with -us a memento of their generosity by placing the donor’s name over -each door. - -How well I remember with what enthusiasm I sat down, ten years -ago, to write my first begging letter. I gazed then upon this same -charming view that I am feasting my eyes upon at this moment, and -drank in hope and courage from this wide north view, with the -strong old Kenesaw towering in the distance. - -Soon responses came. You little realize how much joy has -been brought to weary teachers on opening letters with a -twenty-five-dollar check for a room. One such occasional letter -compensated for many chilling ones, and lightened the weary hours -spent in timidly addressing this friend and that. Nearly all of -us turned beggars, and soon had the name of our home church or -Sunday-school, our native town or some dear friend, beaming down -upon us as we walked through the buildings. At length, every -student’s room became sacred to the memory of some faithful friend -of the Freedmen. Some donations came as thank-offerings for dear -ones restored to health. At the end of one corridor is a group of -four rooms where three are named for three sisters whose husbands -have all been engaged in Southern work, and the fourth bears -the name of their sainted grandfather, whose prayers and tears, -mingling with multitudes all over our land, doubtless hastened on -the glad day his eyes were never here permitted to see. - -In the wing of the young men’s building is a room furnished by -a gentleman who named it for a dear brother stricken down by -consumption when nearly through his studies, and who gave great -promise of usefulness. This gentleman has had a book-case placed in -that brother’s room, and sends frequent donations of books for the -use of the occupants of “Ferrier” room. - -An Andover schoolmate, an Abbott Academy girl, named a room for -her father, a devoted friend of the slave, and sends for its walls -pictures, brackets, etc. Abbott Academy, as a school, has furnished -a room in each building. One room is named for Dr. Gurley, of -Washington, Abraham Lincoln’s beloved pastor. Just beside it -is “Alice Carey,” in memory of an only daughter, a precious bud -opening under brighter skies. Opposite is the name of the devoted -father. - -“Celeste,” my dearest companion in girlhood, though so angelic -then, speaks to me _now only_ of her celestial home. - -“Little,” the young physician, brave soldier, and devoted husband -of another dear friend, reminds me of the sweet promise that the -darkness shall some time be made light. - -So each of the hundred rooms has some history, many doubtless very -precious to the donors, while unknown to us. - -I must write of one more name, “Clarke,” which always deeply moves -me. In 1862, our lamented E. P. Smith, whose earthly life went out -in the Dark Continent, was laboring with his efficient and devoted -wife in the hospitals of Nashville, Tenn., under the Christian -Commission. Their first-born and only son, Clarke, sickened and -died. Instead of leaving their post, heartbroken, they remained at -the side of those wounded and dying soldiers, enclosed the precious -dust in its little casket, and sent it to their dear Northern home. - -In 1870, without any personal appeal, but in response to a letter -in the MISSIONARY, soliciting aid in furnishing rooms, came a -precious note, calling down upon us and our work benedictions, of -which so many have felt the inspiration, and closing with, “Please -find enclosed $40 for a room in Atlanta University; please name it -Clarke. - - Yours, for the Master, - - E. P. SMITH.” - - * * * * * - -This summer, through the generosity of R. R. Graves, a large -wing, which has been so much needed, is being added to the girls’ -building. $25 will buy a neat, plain set of furniture for each of -the rooms. I am sure there are some friends who will be glad to -know of this further opportunity of sending $25 and some dear name. - - Yours very truly, - - MRS. T. N. CHASE. - - * * * * * - - -AFRICAN NOTES. - -—_Lovedale_: THE MISSIONARY, a few months since, gave facts to -substantiate the assertion that the Free Church’s Industrial and -Mission School at Lovedale was one of the busiest in the world. A -magnificent pile of new buildings, which will cost £10,000, will -soon meet the demand for enlargement which has been most urgent. -The old school buildings will still be used, and these, with the -new, the girl’s boarding-house, and the shops required for the -various trades, will form a collegiate establishment of which -Scotland may well be proud. - -Lovedale is the centre and source of healthful educational and -saving influences which are reaching out into a large portion of -Southern Africa—a true missionary centre. It has a large native -church under charge of a native pastor, who has studied the -Scriptures in their original language. A missionary association has -connected with it several Kaffir young men who preach in all the -kraals of the vicinity, and Evangelists who have carried the gospel -to Nyassa, and even to Tanganyika. It has also a literary society, -a training society, a Young Men’s Christian Association, and other -societies such as the best-working churches of this country find -necessary for best efficiency. - -—The Free Church of Scotland, since the death of Capt. Benzie, of -the _Ilala_, and of Mr. Gunn, last April, are making explorations -with a view to a removal of their Station from Livingstonia to a -more healthful location. The probable site is Bandawi, midway on -the western shore of Nyassa, and contiguous to the promising tribes -of the Atonga and the Mangoni, who have reproached the missionaries -for not settling among them. The Royal Geographical Society has -published in its proceedings the letter of Mr. Stewart, the civil -engineer of the Mission, describing his explorations in search of -this site, with two maps showing his route on the western coast. - - * * * * * - -—A Mission of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States -on the West Coast of Africa, at Cape Mount, among the Vey people, -has been commenced under the supervision of a young man of such -energy, talent and Christian spirit, as give promise of successful -prosecution. - -It will be remembered that the Veys are distinguished as the only -tribe on the continent of Africa which has invented an alphabet, -and a missionary of the Church Missionary Society has made a -grammar of their language. The natives are able to communicate with -each other by written letters of their own invention. - -Those interested in the evangelization of Africa will rejoice in -the establishment of this Mission, and will watch with unusual -interest its success among these, the most interesting of all the -tribes on the west African coast. - - * * * * * - -—The success of the Belgian Exploration Company in the use of -elephants imported from Asia, for the transportation of its -baggage, has doubtless suggested the formation of a company at -Monrovia for the capture of native elephants for the same purpose. -Vice-President Warner is president of the company, and a hunter -of great experience is in charge of an expedition which has been -equipped and sent out for the purpose of capturing some of these -noble animals, and there is hope that they will prove so valuable -that they will be esteemed for more than their tusks, and their -wholesale slaughter will cease. - - * * * * * - -—_Malugsy needle-work_ is so superior to that of the English that -it does not pay to send to Madagascar made-up goods, as the natives -speak with contempt of the bad sewing, and insist that the cost of -picking it out shall be deducted from the price of such articles. - - * * * * * - -—The London Missionary Society announces the safe arrival at -Zanzibar, on the 29th of May, of the Revs. A. J. Wookey and D. -Williams, with Dr. Palmer, on their way to the Central African -Mission. - - * * * * * - -—_The Stanley Pool Expedition_ of the Livingstone Island Mission, -under the leadership of Mr. Adam McCall, is supposed to have -reached the Congo about the 20th of April. The last tidings were -written within three days of landing, and were very favorable. -Donkeys and kroomen had been secured, and of the latter several -were warm-hearted native Christians, who will, it is hoped, render -good service as fellow-laborers in the Gospel. - - * * * * * - - -ITEMS FROM THE FIELD. - -MARIETTA, GA.—On the Sabbath, June 6th, the new church, which -is also to be used as a school building, at Marietta, Ga., was -dedicated. The sermon, by Superintendent Roy, was upon the -rebuilding of the Temple by the ex-captives. A Presbyterian -minister from Pennsylvania being present, offered the prayer of -dedication. The house is 24×40 feet, well finished and painted, and -furnished with desks that answer the double purpose of church and -school use. The people raised $200 toward the building. Prof. T. -N. Chase gave the people a Sunday supply, reporting his visit to -Africa. Two young business men in Illinois put each $25 into this -Christian investment. - - * * * * * - -TALLADEGA, ALA.—The students are doing good service during -vacation, teaching in day and Sabbath Schools, and keeping up with -their studies so as not to fall behind if unable to return at the -beginning of the term. One who is teaching for the third season at -Hackneyville, Ala., has his sister, also a pupil from this college, -associated with him. At a recent picnic on the school grounds, -held for the purpose of creating an interest in education, leading -citizens, both white and black, made addresses. - -Swayne Hall, of which we have seen a fine photograph, is too good -a building to be allowed to rot down, as it is doing, for want of -$3,000 needed to save it and put it in proper shape for the most -efficient service. Will not some one save $15,000 to Talladega -College by sending his checque for $3,000? - - * * * * * - -ATHENS, ALA.—The Trinity School at this place is going forward with -its new building. Last summer the colored people by volunteer labor -made and burned a kiln of 120,000 bricks, and have made another -this summer. If time is money, it takes a great deal of it to do -a work for which there is no money, but under the inspiration of -Miss M. F. Wells, who for a dozen years has been principal of the -school, and is the good angel of this enterprise, the people are -slowly but steadily moving forward to its accomplishment. - - * * * * * - -LAWSON, ALA.—Rev. Spencer Snell rejoices in some eighteen hopeful -conversions as the fruit of a series of meetings held in August. - - * * * * * - -FISK UNIVERSITY, TENN.—The Jubilee Singers at Chautauqua have been -attracting attention to this Institution, and to themselves as -cultivated persons, almost, it may be said, irrespective of color. -Their singing was one of the most fortunate and popular features of -the wonderful gathering at that famous place. - - * * * * * - -PARIS, TEXAS.—The Rev. J. W. Roberts, who is located at Paris, -Texas, an enterprising and growing city on the Texas and Pacific -Railroad, writes of a pleasant series of meetings resulting in some -ten additions to the two churches under his charge. He has since -been delivering a series of Biblical lectures which attracted in -members and pastors from other colored churches and a sprinkling -of white people. He is soon to be reinforced by Mr. S. B. White, -a graduate of the Normal Department in Talladega, who is to teach -the parish school. This church was organized in 1868 by a man who -at another place had his life sacrificed to the turbulence of those -times. He makes an appeal for a much needed communion service. If -some one of our churches has supplied itself with a new service, -its old one would be thankfully received; or if some one will -contribute a new one, it would be at once a graceful and grateful -thing to do. - - * * * * * - -HELENA, TEXAS.—Rev. M. Thompson, on the first Sabbath of August, -had the joy of receiving to his church six persons who had recently -found the Saviour. The school in this place is now to be taught by -Miss Henderson, a graduate of the Normal Department of Straight -University. - - * * * * * - -AUSTIN, TEXAS.—The Tillotson Collegiate and Normal Institute at -Austin, Texas, has been built during the year. Including the -basement above ground and the mansard roof, it has five stories and -is a commodious and comely structure, crowning one of the finest -sites about that beautiful city in the valley of the Colorado. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE FREEDMEN. - -REV. JOS. E. ROY, D.D., - -FIELD SUPERINTENDENT, ATLANTA, GA. - - * * * * * - - -COLORED CADETSHIP. - -REV. L. C. LOCKWOOD - -[In giving the following letter it will, of course, be understood -that neither the A. M. A. nor Gen. Armstrong, nor even the Editor, -is committed to the plan suggested. Whether it is policy for the -friends of the negro to take up the gauntlet and cross swords in -his behalf on all occasions, or to possess their souls in patience -while they quietly wait for old prejudices to die, and a more -Christian spirit to prevail, may be a doubtful question. - -Whether it would be advisable, even if the plan of a military -school for colored boys were adopted, to engraft it upon Hampton, -or upon any of our present schools, should be thoroughly weighed -before decision. But we are glad to hear what Mr. Lockwood, who -established our first Freedmen’s School at Hampton, has to say, -and print his letter not alone for the interesting anecdote of -our lamented Lincoln, but also as suggestive of thought on this -important subject.—ED. MISSIONARY.] - -As the first missionary among the Freedmen (then refugees), at -Hampton and Fortress Monroe, Va., in 1861–2; I take a great -interest in the problem of colored cadetship. - -After the persecution to which these cadets have been subjected -at West Point, I think wisdom dictates the wide circulation of -a petition to Congress, to have a National Military Academy -established in connection with the Hampton Institute, under the -Presidency of General Armstrong, who has already given that -Institute a national reputation. Would not this peaceful way of -bringing about the desired end be better than to battle with West -Point? In illustration, I offer an unpublished fact that showed -Lincoln’s common sense. After his proclamation about the arming of -colored troops in 1862, I went to Washington, and in company with -Senator Pomeroy, informed the President that the colored people of -Hampton were ready to enlist. His memorable reply was: “Yes, but -Fortress Monroe is not ready. Pennsylvania is not ready. New York -is not ready. The Country is not ready. My proclamation meant this -much and no more: Gov. Andrews, of Massachusetts, wishes to arm the -Yankee negro; Generals Hunter and Saxton wish to arm a few South -Carolina negroes to occupy a post, and relieve the soldiers for -active duty. Let them do it. But the rest must bide their time. -Please leave your statement with the Secretary of War, and when we -are ready we will let you know.” This “making haste slowly” was -what brought us through that tug of war, and I would recommend the -same common sense in reference to the cadetship. And I hope some -influential friend of the cause will second my suggestion, and -leave West Point alone in its unenviable glory. - - * * * * * - - -M’LEANSVILLE, N. C. - -Revival Interest. - -REV. A. CONNET - -Our revival commenced on the Sabbath, August 15. That night there -were four or five inquirers. Monday the interest increased, and -Monday night there were thirty inquirers. Tuesday there were twelve -or fifteen conversions. Tuesday night, 28 or 30 inquirers and -three or four conversions. The number of inquirers continued to -be from ten to twenty till the close of the meetings. The whole -number of conversions was about 25. The congregation on the -15th was the largest, we are told, that it has ever been. Only -about two-thirds of the people could get into the church, even -by the closest packing. Sunday, the 22d, between the sermon in -the forenoon and communion in the afternoon, we examined 23 new -candidates for membership, one to be restored and two for renewing -their covenants. In the afternoon they were publicly received, and -more than half of them baptized. I also baptized two infants. The -communion was then administered to a large number of communicants. -The house was full, forenoon and afternoon. One man, 56 years old, -and his wife as old, or a little older, walked ten miles Sunday -morning to attend the communion. Another man walked ten miles, -or over, to the meeting, both the 15th and the 22d. Three of our -pupils came about 35 or 40 miles to the meeting, by rail; another, -a young woman, came by private conveyance 20 miles; and another, a -young man, walked 12 miles, and came forward as an inquirer. Four -of the converts were members of my daughter’s Sunday-school class, -a number of them were members of my class, and nearly all young -people and members of our school. Two are married men. One young -woman came to us by letter from the Methodist Episcopal church. - -It was truly a season of refreshing from the Lord. The people held -a prayer-meeting Sabbath night, the 22d. We were too tired to go -out. We were told that all the non-professors in the congregation -(and the house was full), except three or four, came forward for -prayer. - -More than a dozen bade us good-by at the depot. Seven girls walked -three miles to bid us good-by. We were greatly rejoiced that Miss -Douglass was with us to share in our labors and in our joys. Some -of the converts are among our brightest and most advanced scholars. - - * * * * * - - -SOUTH CAROLINA. - -MR J. D. BACKENSTOSE. - -During my recent vacation (spent in the State of New York) the -question most frequently asked me was, “Are the Freedmen as anxious -to obtain an education, as they were when schools for them were -first opened?” - -I have answered these inquiries by relating some of my experience, -and fearing lest Christians at the North have the impression that -they are less eager, and so are becoming weary in aiding these poor -people in their struggles for an education, I now relate it for the -benefit of the readers of the MISSIONARY. - -In the fall of ’73, two young men from distant part of the county -came to our Institute at Greenwood, S. C., and asked permission -to occupy a vacant room in the building and cook their own meals -while they attended the Institute. I consented, and assisted them -in furnishing the room. From the wood-shed we procured lumber for a -bedstead and table, had boxes for chairs, and newspapers for window -shades. They were delighted with this, and immediately wrote to -their friends that there were excellent accommodations for boarders -at Brewer Institute, and before the winter had fairly set in, there -were nineteen men living in that room, which measured only 30×32. - -Another raid was made on the wood-shed, and three more bedsteads -hastily built after the pattern of the first, and on these four -bedsteads the nineteen men slept four months. Part of them would -retire at an early hour and sleep till midnight, then arise and -let the others take their places. While some were sleeping, the -others were cooking and preparing their lessons for the next day, -in the same room. During all this time, I never heard a complaining -word from them. Our rooms are now neatly furnished for students, -and we have recently built a good frame house which is also well -furnished. We have accommodations for only twenty students, and -yet during a part of the past winter we had thirty-three crowded in -these rooms, and even then they were unwilling that I should say we -were full and could accommodate no more. - -So eager are they for an education, that they are willing to live -for a time on corn meal, bacon, and molasses. The former they mix -with cold water, minus the eggs and butter, and, after baking, eat -it with their meat, gravy, or molasses. This three times a day and -seven days in a week. Tea and coffee are never on their bill of -fare. - -The home of two of these men was fourteen miles distant, and once -in two weeks they would walk there on Friday afternoon and return -on Sunday night, bringing on their shoulders provisions to last -them till they should go again. - -A young man, a Baptist minister, who was obliged to leave school a -few weeks before the close of the term, walked sixty miles in order -to be examined with his class at the close of the term. - -Could ever a people be more anxious to obtain an education than -these are now? Twenty-three of those who have lived and struggled -in this way to obtain an education are now engaged in teaching, -and have under their care over thirteen hundred pupils. We have -a beautiful school building well furnished with everything but a -cabinet organ, and we believe that God will put it in the heart of -some good friend to send us that. - -A lively interest is constantly and in various ways manifested by -the people, and everything gives promise of abundant fruit in the -future. If our highest hopes have not already been realized, we -thank God for the progress made. May He put it into the hearts of -the benefactors of this race to add to their gifts and prayers, -until not only twenty-three, but ten times that number shall go out -from Brewer Normal Institute, as competent instructors of thousands -of their brethren now ignorant and despised. - - * * * * * - - -GEORGIA. - -Anniversary of Midway Church. - -REV. FLOYD SNELSON, M’INTOSH, LIBERTY CO. - -Last Sabbath was a day of great interest to us as a church. It was -our regular communion season, and in addition to that, we observed -our anniversary for the first time, though it is six years since we -organized. The other branch of the old Midway church that formed -itself into a Presbyterian body, came over with its pastor, Rev. -J. T. H. Waite, to share the enjoyment of the occasion with us. We -find, in reviewing our history, that, including those who formed -the original church, 337 persons have connected themselves with -it; ten have been dismissed, fifteen have been excommunicated, -and twenty-eight have gone to their eternal home; leaving 284 to -continue the Christian warfare. It is true that a great many of -our members occupy the two extremes in life, and are very old or -very young, and consequently bring no pecuniary strength to the -church. Still there is a benefit derived from both which is of -infinitely greater value than mere money, though we poor mortals -are in many instances unable to see it. Especially is this the -case when our eyes are both bent on self. However, the young will -certainly prove, in due time, a help to the church also in the -way of material support. Our church edifice is still unfinished, -and as there are no means of heating it it is an uncomfortable -place for service during the winter. Notwithstanding the failure -of crops from the drought this year, my people have resolved to do -everything they can toward completing it. Will some friend come to -our aid? “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; -and that which he hath given will He pay him again.” - - * * * * * - - -Atlanta University—An Encouraging Precedent. - -The Atlanta University, at Atlanta, Ga., was one of the earliest -educational institutions in this country to adopt as a text-book -Dr. Richardson’s “Temperance Lesson Book,” published by the -National Temperance Society. Among the recent commencement -exercises of the University was a thorough examination in -this admirable text-book concerning alcohol. A New England -correspondent, who was present and listened to the examination, was -much gratified with it. In thus leading the way in giving to its -students thorough scientific instruction concerning alcohol, the -Atlanta University merits the warmest commendation from all friends -of temperance. It furnishes a most valuable precedent which we hope -may ere long be followed by all our colleges and universities, as -well as academies and public schools. - - * * * * * - -Our correspondent writes: - -“I spent most of the time in the temperance examination. They use -Dr. Richardson’s text-book, and the students showed that they had -been thoroughly drilled in it. Isn’t it a very admirable thing for -this book to be used in that place? There are nearly three hundred -students, and they all study it at some time; and with scarcely an -exception these students go out into the by-ways and hedges of this -and other States to teach the colored children. They teach through -the vacations to earn money for the next term. Think what a leaven -this is to work among the poor, ignorant creatures. They estimate -that the University students reach ten thousand children during the -year. I attended the graduating exercises and thoroughly enjoyed -them. The essays and orations were excellent. The speaking was -really eloquent. One blind-folded would never have guessed that he -was listening to black students, all of whose parents were slaves -only seventeen years ago. Mayor Calhoun and one of the ex-Governors -were present.” - -The National Temperance Society has just received the sum of -seventy dollars from this Institution, money collected by its -students for temperance work, and we have forwarded a large case of -books, tracts and pamphlets for distribution throughout the South -during the summer vacation.—_From National Temperance Advocate._ - - * * * * * - - -ALABAMA. - -Good Vacation Work. - -REV. J. D. SMITH, SHELBY IRON WORKS. - -We have just had a refreshing time here in our church from the -good Lord. Shortly after that class of eight young men graduated -from the Theological Department of Talladega College, Bros. -Cantry, Strong and Y. B. Sims, all members of my church, came -down to spend a few days at their homes with their relatives and -friends before going to their fields of labor. Each of them did -some faithful preaching for several evenings. It seemed at first -as though we were not going to have any success, but I continued -the meetings after the brethren left us, and the Lord gave us some -nine or ten conversions as the result of our labors. We received -ten new members into the church last night. It was one of the most -interesting occasions we have ever had here. The meetings were -very quiet indeed; no excitement. They were all converted through -the simple preaching of the Gospel and the quiet persuasion of the -spirit of Christ. There was not as much fervor among the brethren -as I like to see; the Lord did the work, nevertheless, and we give -all the glory to Him. - -Most of the members who united with us last night were heads of -families, and all of them were adults. Our church is gathering in -the best material in the place. The members of the other churches -say their ministers do not feed them, and they must seek for better -pastures. Our church has a brighter outlook than ever before. - -The Sunday-school is in a flourishing condition. The Lord is -building up His Zion here. Pray for us, that we may still be -refreshed from Heaven. - - * * * * * - - -Outside Work. - -REV. W. H. MOORE, FLORENCE. - -This has been a busy week with me, and I trust one of good to our -cause, in removing false impressions, &c. I have come in contact -with the masses of the people; we like each other well. Last -Wednesday night I preached at Oak Grove A. M. E. Church. As we -approached the meeting house, our ears were greeted with a volume -of song, and the woods re-echoed with such weird strains as only -our people in their unlettered state can produce. The surrounding -grove was filled with horses and mules hitched to the trees. The -church was packed; all seats were filled, pulpit filled, windows -crowded, standing room taken, doors filled, and large numbers out -of doors. There were all kinds and conditions present, from the -ebony hue to the pearly white, from the infant in its mother’s lap -to the octogenarian; women and men sat round the floor of the rude -pulpit, and just left standing room for me to speak. - -The thought of their ignorance and superstition, and the fact -that fifty or more of their number were seeking the Saviour, -fired my heart and mind. I preached from Matt. vi., 33, and they -listened with rapt attention, while I spoke as I only could under -the inspiration of such an audience and the presence of the Holy -Spirit. More than twenty have decided for Christ since the Sabbath. - -On my return to town, I gave a lecture on Labor—the dignity of -labor, and that labor should be duly rewarded. The meeting had been -well advertised and worked up by friends, so there was a good turn -out, especially of working-men and women. - -I think I begin to see the dawn of a bright day for our cause -here. To-morrow afternoon I preach a sermon to children. It is -to be our S. S. Centenary (Raikes’?) Celebration. The church -will be decorated with evergreen and flowers. I shall give each -one a beautiful card, a present from the Muskegon, Mich., S. S. -That Sunday-school and the “Little Ones of the Bird’s Nest” of -Kalamazoo, Mich., have sent us a lot of beautiful papers and cards -as a memento of the day. - -I have had the pleasure of carrying the word of life to the aged, -infirm, and sick who cannot attend church often. I receive more -comfort, I think, than I give. It did do my heart good to see a -dear old aged and infirm lady rejoice and weep that she had the -word brought to her. I shall see this class of God’s poor as often -as I can. I do enjoy the pastoral and pulpit work; would that I -might do it better. It is my only ambition to become a faithful and -successful minister of Jesus Christ. - -To-day Mr. Alex. Jones, Sr., and I attended a large country -gathering ten miles west of Florence. The crops are unusually large -this year. We noticed on our way large farms of golden corn and -fields of blooming cotton, which will soon be changed into snowy -whiteness. This is a holiday with the farmers, who have laid by -their crops and are now hopefully awaiting the harvest time. They -have an annual picnic at Bethlehem Church. Two hours of the morning -and two of the afternoon are devoted to speeches. The audience -was large and appreciative. I spoke an hour, and received several -“Amens,” “That’s so,” and “Tell it, brother.” Then followed the -hand-shaking, good words, &c., when I had finished. I enjoyed it -royally, and trust I did some good. - - * * * * * - - -MISSISSIPPI. - -Tougaloo University—Its Location, Work, Equipments, Success and -Needs. - -REV. G. STANLEY POPE. - -The immediate surroundings of Tougaloo University are, perhaps, -the most beautiful of any of our schools. At the same time it has -seemed for the past three years to be a very healthful location. -The school has been unusually full during the past year, and -the work in the school-room has been most thorough. I have had -associated with me a very competent and willing corps of workers. -Their work has been every thing I could ask for. We attempt to give -only a thorough, practical _Normal_ training in our school, feeling -that this meets the present necessities of the colored people of -our State. We are willing to take the rough stone from the quarry -and put on the heavy, telling strokes of the _builder_, and leave -the more artistic strokes of the sculptor to be given by some of -our sister institutions. A peculiar and interesting feature of our -school-room work is the study of the Bible in the class-room. This -is done to give a special preparation for Sunday-school work. - -We have sufficient apparatus for illustrating physics, but beyond -this we are poorly supplied with school-room conveniencies. We have -but a limited supply of models, maps and charts, while our library -consists mostly of Congressional documents. - -A peculiar feature of the work at Tougaloo is the training given -the students in gardening, farming, stock-raising and housework. -Already the shipment of strawberries to the Chicago market is -proving a rich remuneration to student labor. Our clover field is -a wonder to the students and neighboring planters, and our fine -blooded cattle not much less of a surprise. These industries are -opening up new avenues of livelihood as well as usefulness to our -students. Many of our young women have been but field hands, so -that the work about the house and in the sewing room is a new kind -of labor to them. - -We have been able to do nothing, comparatively, in the church work. -No churches have been organized as the outgrowth of our school. -There are communities ripe for such work if we only had the means -to carry it on. There are points along the lines of railroad that -could be supplied by students if we only had a theological class to -put to work in organizing and carrying on church work. We have not -neglected the Sunday-school work because we have not been able to -do all that we have wanted, but have visited schools and held some -conventions. The influence of these conventions is being felt in -the surrounding country. - -The exodus affects our school but little thus far. The effect of -the movement upon the colored people themselves has not been such -as to warrant us in encouraging it in any way. Many of the patrons -of our school have secured small farms and are in a way to give -their families a fair education. Our school is becoming more widely -known and its influence more powerfully felt. Parents came two -hundred miles to see their sons graduate last June. Applications -have been crowding in upon us for accommodations next year. - -Our buildings are far from supplying our necessities. We have -comfortable accommodations for sixty-four boarders, and some of -the time we have had one hundred and eight. We have unfinished -and merely temporary rooms for thirty others, but instead of one -hundred boarders we ought to have two hundred, and might readily -have if we but had rooms. - -During the year we had a most precious revival, embracing nearly -all in our normal and preparatory departments. Our work seems -limited only by the lack of means to furnish room for those -desirous of coming. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE INDIANS. - - * * * * * - - -S’KOKOMISH AGENCY—FIELD AND WORK. - -REV. MYRON EELLS. - -I propose to give some idea of the extent and character of my -“parish,” and of the kind of work we are attempting to do. - -1st. In the S’kokomish Reservation. Here are seven English-speaking -families, and a school of from twenty-five to thirty scholars -at the Agency, and about two hundred Indians in the vicinity. -Besides pastoral work, I hold a service every Sabbath morning in -Indian. Once a month, in the absence of the pastor, one of the lay -members of the church takes his place. This congregation averages -seventy. In the afternoon, the Agent and employees carry on the -Sabbath-school with an average attendance of fifty-eight. Twice -a month I preach in the evening in English to a congregation of -employees and scholars, which averages about thirty-five. On -Thursday evening the regular church prayer meeting is held, at -which the male members take their turns in leading. Occasionally I -meet the school-children and apprentices, generally once in a week -or so, for some kind of an informal meeting. - -2d. Three miles from the Agency is a small place, Union City, -consisting of a store, hotel, saloon and five families, and a -number of transient loggers. I can give them one evening a month -without neglecting regular duties. The average attendance is about -twenty-five on public worship and eighteen on Sabbath-school, the -latter of which the ladies of the place keep up most of the time -when I am not present. - -3d. Thirty miles North is Seabeck, a saw-mill town of two or three -hundred people, where I have charge of a small church organized -last May. I generally visit them about once a month. There is a -Sabbath-school which the church sustains for the Indians, about -thirty of whom live there, gaining their support mainly by work in -the mill—two of them being members of our church. - -4th. Twenty miles further on is Port Gamble, a large milling town, -which has a minister of its own, but near it are about a hundred -Indians who belong to our Agency, most of whom are Catholics, but -who receive me cordially when I go there, two or three times a year. - -5th. Forty miles still further is Dunginess, a flourishing Indian -colony, named Jamestown, which is the centre of an Indian -population of about one hundred and forty. I generally visit them -twice a year. Six of our church members live here; they have a -small church built by themselves, a day school, and I also preach -to them sometimes. They sustain a weekly prayer meeting most of the -time, the only one in the county which has a white population of -over six hundred, and they likewise have the only church building -in this county, organized twenty-six years ago. - -6th. Six miles from Jamestown is Sequim, a village of about forty -Indians, most of whom are aged and infirm. These are tributary to -Jamestown, sending their children to that school, some of whom -travel the whole distance twice each school day, and also on the -Sabbath. - -7th. Between Port Gamble and Jamestown is Port Discovery, another -saw-mill town, where nearly forty Indians make their home, whom -I generally call to see on my journeys; but so much whisky is -sold near them that it has been almost impossible to stop their -drinking; they also live in a somewhat scattered condition, which -makes it difficult to make any permanent religious impression on -them. - -8th. Once a year I calculate to go still farther; and twenty miles -beyond Jamestown is Port Angelos, with about thirty nominal Indian -residents. But few of them are settlers, and like those of Port -Discovery they are diminishing. - -9th. Seven miles further is Elkwa, with about seventy Indians. -It has been the home of one of the most influential bands in -years past, but owing to the fact that there have been but few -white settlers from whom the Indians could obtain work, they -have hitherto done very little about cultivating the soil for -themselves; and as they could easily go across the straits to -Victoria in British Columbia, where there is but little restraint -in regard to their procuring whisky, because they are American -Indians, they have been steadily losing in influence and numbers. -Four families of them have “homesteaded” land, however, and others, -moved by their example and success, are taking the preparatory -steps to secure homes; but being scattered, and most of them back -from the water, as it is now impossible to homestead good land on -the beach, they will lose the benefits of school and church in a -great measure; but still the old way of herding together will be -broken up, and they will obtain more of their living from civilized -pursuits. - -10th. Thirty miles still further is Clallam Bay, the limit of the -Indians belonging to our reservation, the home of some seventy -more. Within a year they have bought about a hundred and sixty -acres of land, and propose to follow somewhat the plan of the -Jamestown Indians. This place promises to be an important point, -as it is near a salmon cannery, and in the catching of salmon they -are at home; it is also the nearest station of the tribe to the sea -fisheries of the northwest coast of the Territory, by far the most -lucrative business, in its season, which the Indians can follow. - -Then there is call for work among the whites. In Clallam county, -with its more than six hundred inhabitants, there is no resident -minister, and I am repeatedly asked to preach to them, but can only -give them a sermon during some hours of the Sabbath when I am not -talking to Indians. In Mason county, here I live, with six hundred -more people, I am the only resident minister, and call after call -comes which I cannot in justice to the work of the A. M. A., -answer; but I shall try shortly to give them a fifth Sabbath in the -month. - -Fourteen miles from Seabeck is another settlement where there has -never been a sermon preached in the fifteen years of its existence, -and four times, one young man, not a Christian, has asked me to -go there, even offering to carry me over fifty miles in his boat. -These are small places, with scattered people, and probably small -congregations, yet it is hard to resist their appeals. If there -were two Sabbaths every week I sometimes think I could manage the -field better. - - * * * * * - - -Sisseton Agency, D. T. - -CHARLES CRISSEY, U. S. IND. AGT. - -This Agency has been established about ten years; the people are -Wahpeton and Sisseton Sioux Indians; some were in the outbreak of -1862–3 as hostiles, but a large per cent, as friendly Indians. Most -of them wore the Indian dress of cloth and skins, and lived in -tepees. - -They now dress entirely in citizen’s clothing, and live in -log-houses, some with shingled roofs and board floors; most of -them with dirt roofs and floors. The number of houses built of -logs is 220, and 15 frame. There are five organized churches with -a membership of 416 Indians and ten whites. Two of the churches -are building new frame buildings, 28 × 50 ft. and 20 × 30 ft., -respectively. - -There are about 4,025 acres under cultivation; there was broken of -new ground during the spring, 1,055 acres. There was raised last -year about 17,000 bushels of wheat and oats, with a little barley. -The estimated crop this year will be 25,000 bushels. The Indians -have bought without Government aid, during the last three seasons, -16 reapers, 8 fanning-mills, and 4 sulky horse-rakes; one has -purchased a self-binder. - -Many of them are able to do such work as an ordinary carpenter or -blacksmith does. We have built three frame houses and have two -more nearly completed. I depend on Indians as help in running our -threshing machines, engines at our at steam-mills, caring for our -horses, and have employed no extra white help, other than one white -man to oversee each department, since April 1st, 1879. - -The largest crop raised by any one Indian last year, was 573 -bushels of wheat and oats, two others raising nearly as much. We -have threshed for one only this season, and he had 1,500 bushels -of oats. We have distributed to those who have never been supplied -with teams previous to June last, to work with, 95 yoke of work -cattle, with plows, yokes, chains, harrows, etc. The only way they -had to supply themselves previous to June last, was by yoking the -beef cattle and using them, thus depriving themselves of fresh -beef; and when an Indian does that, it is a good sign that he is -well on the road to civilization. - -There are three schools, two Government and one mission; 7 -teachers, five Government and two mission. - -The number of scholars attending one month or more during the year -is 104; number attending boarding schools, 78; number attending -day school, 26; number of months which school has been maintained -during the year, 10; average attendance during that time, 81. -Largest average attendance during any one month, 100; about 25 -of the 78 boarding scholars attended the mission school, the -Government furnishing the same with most of the clothing and -rations; both Government and Mission Boarding schools have been -well maintained and successfully managed, the scholars showing -marked improvement during the past year, and the parents much more -interest than ever before. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE CHINESE. - - * * * * * - - -“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.” - -Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association. - -PRESIDENT: Rev. J. K. McLean, D.D. VICE-PRESIDENTS: Rev. A. -L. Stone, D.D., Thomas C. Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon. -F. F. Low, Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D.D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S. H. -Willey, D.D., Edward P. Flint, Esq., Rev J. W. Hough, D.D., Jacob. -S. Taber, Esq. - -DIRECTORS: Rev. George Mooar, D.D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer, Rev. E. P. -Baker, James M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, Rev. John Kimball, -E. P. Sanford, Esq. - -SECRETARY: Rev. W. C. Pond. TREASURER: E. Palache, Esq. - - * * * * * - - -SERMON BY JEE GAM. - -[The MISSIONARY of last month contained sermons by two of our -Chinese helpers of the California mission, with a promise of one -this month from Jee Gam. - -These come to us, unrevised, in the handwriting of their authors, -which, for beauty and legibility, excites the wish that all our -correspondents were converted Chinamen. These sermons give, as -perhaps in no other way open to our readers, an idea of what can -be done in this work of imparting spiritual truth to this class of -heathen minds, and the adaptation of these men to be its heralds to -their own people. Lack of room compels the omission of the first -part of the sermon, in which is answered the question, “What is -this faith?” Our extract begins with the account of Moses’ faith, -under the second head, “What has faith done?”—ED. MISS.] - -Heb. 10:38. “Now the just shall live by faith.” 2d. What has this -faith done? - -By faith Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. -In a worldly sense, one may say he was the most foolish man in the -world; for if he had remained and accepted the offer he would have -been King of Egypt, as Pharaoh had no son. He would have had great -power; he would have lived in the finest palace of Egypt; he would -have had all the riches, comfort, pleasure, honor and glory he -chose to have; but by faith he saw and knew all these were things -which would vanish away like vapor. Besides these, I venture to say -that Moses must have been utterly disgusted with the idolatry of -that people. He knew in his own conscience that it was wrong and -against God to worship any idol, bull, cow, or cat, all of which -were gods in Egypt. On the other hand he knew that the Lord was -his God, and that he has millions of times more riches and honor -than Pharaoh had. So he regarded not the low station of being a -Hebrew; neither cared he for being poor, despised, oppressed and -persecuted, for he counted all these trials as nothing compared -with the blessings of God which were to come. At any rate, he -preferred and did choose to be on the side of God, rather than on -the side of the Egyptians. By faith he wrought many wonders in -Egypt; by faith he led his people across the Red Sea; by faith the -many battles were fought and won on the way to Canaan. By faith -Daniel prayed continually three times a day when he knew that there -had been a decree against him; yet he cared not for the consequence -of violating that law. He knew that it was far better and more -important to obey the commands of his God than the corrupt decree -of the King, even if he should be cast into the den and torn to -pieces by the terrible beasts. - -And now let us come down to a later period, and see how by faith -the disciples of Christ worked many miracles. Still later we find -that Luther by faith broke away from the monastery and preached -Christ as he then thought He ought to be preached, not fearing any -dangers that were to come. When he was summoned by the Council at -Worms to answer its charges, he said to his friends, “I will go -to Worms, if there are as many devils as there are tiles.” And -by faith he was protected and saved. And now look at the present -century, and see what the faith of Christian people has done for -Japan and China. Fifty years ago, I believe, there was not a -single Protestant Chinese Christian in that vast empire; but just -see how many there are now—over thirteen thousand, besides the -many thousands who have been Christianized abroad. And by faith I -venture to say right here that, China will, before long, become a -Christian country, and rank high when compared with all her sister -nations. - -3d. Can every man have this faith, be he white, black, red or -yellow? Yes. The beggar can have it as well as the king. The poor -can have it as well as the rich; and the negro, the Indian and the -Chinaman. - -4th. Of what benefit is it? It makes us see our own sinfulness -and weakness. It tells us to look to God for forgiveness and for -strength. It assures us that our sins have been pardoned, and the -promises of God make us sure of our reward in Heaven. It makes us -have more confidence in God and in His Son Jesus. It gives us hope -that we shall see not only God, but all who have had this faith -and are now in heaven. It gives us patience, peace, hope, comfort, -joy and anxiety of heart to do God’s will, and to lead people to -Christ. Without faith we cannot please God, nor can we go to him in -prayer. It is the foundation of Christian life. It justifies us, -and, being justified, we live and shall live forever. - -5th. What are we called if we have this faith? The just. The born -again of the Holy Spirit; the forgiven; the justified ones; those -who have faith in God; the Christians. So then we are called just, -not by works, but by faith. Nevertheless, faith can never be -without works; faith is the companion of works; they can never be -parted. For instance, Luther, although he exalted faith, yet acted -it right out with works. - -Think of Paul, how he by faith suffered many persecutions; how he -labored in prison as well as out of prison, and bore much fruit. -“Faith without works is dead.” - -6th. Have we this faith? Have all men it? Alas! Let us consider how -many in this sinful world have not this faith; how many have never -heard of it; how many have willfully refused to take it when it -was so kindly and so lovingly presented to them. Oh, how sad! for -without this faith they are the enemies of God, and they shall be -condemned. Though in this world they may have all riches, comforts, -respect, and much honor in the sight of men, in the eye of God they -are “Weighed in the balance and found wanting.” - -But those who have this faith will have Heaven, and they shall live -by the blessings derived therefrom, both in this world and in the -world to come. - -7th. Brethren and friends, let us get faith; for it is the greatest -blessing to us. If we have it, let us live by it; for it is the -most vital and most wholesome food our souls can have. Let us hold -fast to it. Let us exercise it so as to promote the happiness of -men to the saving of their souls. Let us exercise it so as to -magnify the love of God, and His Son Jesus Christ. - - * * * * * - - - - -CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - * * * * * - - -CHINESE AND CHINESE CUSTOMS. - -The longer you live in China and the better you know the people, -the greater do your wonder and amazement increase. Their -superstitions are as numerous almost as your thoughts. Their -religious customs are so many and intricate, that they make burdens -for the people more grievous to bear than those the Pharisees -laid upon the Jews. They spend as much money on those, to us, -useless and silly customs—ten times as much, I fully believe—as we -Christians spend on the Gospel. A rich man, I am told, recently -spent on the building of a paper house, which was burnt, for the -use of the spirit of the head of the family who had died, and on -the ceremonies connected with it, $10,000 in hard cash. - -This is a large sum of money to spend on paper to be burnt simply -in what, to us, seem perfectly ridiculous rites. But that is only a -tithe of the money spent by such a family, on this religion, which -God hates. These people believe that every man has three spirits. -When he dies, one spirit goes to hell, the second dwells in the -grave, and the third by due ceremonies is invited to take up its -residence in a wooden tablet, on which his name is inscribed. This -tablet is kept in the house, and the worship of it is the ancestral -worship, which is the last thing a Chinaman will give up. - -No later than yesterday we had a good example of the ceremony for -the dead of which I have spoken. This is the case of a Chinaman -born in Penang, whose wife died in the latter part of last year, -but the ceremonies for providing for her comfort in Hades were -not performed till yesterday. He should have performed these -services several months ago, according to the proper custom, and -was very much blamed by the Chinese for having delayed. He told -me the secret of the business, however. He did not believe in the -thing, as he said, but his wife’s mother was near at hand and all -her relations, and because he was going to neglect the matter -apparently, they began to give him trouble. For peace, therefore, -he made the preparations. In the meantime, the body of his wife was -still in the house in the coffin. A Chinese coffin is thick and -air-tight—at least, no smell escapes from the decaying body, which -sometimes is kept for years in the house or in a temple. This man -was not a rich man, but was in good circumstances. - -He prepared a house about twelve feet square, built of bamboo and -paper, most beautifully and carefully finished, the painting on it -representing brick, stone, marble, and woods of different kinds. -Silver and gold leaf were used profusely; fruits and trees in -relief, and figures of all shapes. Inside the house, which was, by -the way, beautifully furnished with miniature furniture, reclined -the lady of the house, to represent his wife, on a handsome couch. -In the house were all the household utensils and everything -indicative of wealth. At the door was a handsome sedan chair, and -four coolies standing by, ready at her call. Around her were men -and women servants in figures about eight inches high, some engaged -in one work, some in another. Some were preparing rice, some -baking, some washing clothes, some cleaning rice with a fanning -mill. All was most tastefully and elegantly made up. - -Before this house on a table were spread out all kinds of -provisions—a little pig roasted, whole chickens, ducks, &c., &c. -The heads of these all pointed toward the place where the woman -sat. It is, by the way, a Chinese custom, to point the head of an -animal, cooked, at the guest to whom you wish to show honor. - -Outside and over the door of the house, and extending across the -whole front, was an elaborate framework of bamboo, covered with -gilt paper. This was supposed to represent the grounds before the -house, and there were dozens of little figures, all representing -the lady’s retainers—some as soldiers, runners, tradesmen, &c. And -why all these things? For the comfort and use of the spirit in -hell, to mitigate her torments by providing her with comforts. All -these things cost about $40 or $50. - -In another room, the ceremonies in connection with this were -performed. Here was a table covered with priestly symbols, food, -liquor, candles, and peculiar priestly appliances. About the table -stood three Buddhist priests, and sitting on benches were four men -with drum, cymbals and horns. For two days nearly they kept up -incessantly the most fearful din, reading and howling at the top -of the voice. Every now and then, the priests would perform a sort -of dance. On the walls were hung large pictures of the torments -practised in hell—most hideous pictures of pulling out men’s -tongues and eyes, and tortures you would hardly think men capable -of imagining. The little children of the dead woman were there, -clothed in coarse sack-cloth, and kept busy taking part in the -ceremonies, directed by the priests. In the place where the house -was they would come in and bow down to the ground several times to -their mother. The father stood by, looking on like one troubled and -ashamed of the horrid nuisance, as he evidently thought it to be. -In the morning, the whole thing was taken out and set on fire, and -thus spirited away to the spiritual regions for the use of the poor -woman.—_From Presbyterian Record, Canada._ - - * * * * * - - - - -RECEIPTS - -FOR AUGUST, 1880. - - * * * * * - - - MAINE, $351.70. - - Andover. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $5; Rev. S. W. - Pearson, $5 $10.00 - Bangor. First Cong. Ch. 27.50 - Bath. Central Cong. Ch., $56.10; Winter St. - Cong. Ch. and Soc., $35.50; Eliza Bowker, $2 93.60 - Brewer. M. Hardy, $50 to const. MRS. EUGENIE - L. BECKWITH, L. M.; First Cong. Ch., $8, and - Sab. Sch. $8 66.00 - Brunswick. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 - Castine. Rev. A. E. Ives 2.00 - Falmouth. First Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Farmington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 - Garland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00 - Gorham. Cong. Ch., ($2 of which bal. to const. - MISS REBECCA WATERS, L. M) 25.40 - Hampden. Mrs. R. S. Curtis 5.00 - Portland. “Mrs. A. L. M.” 25.00 - Skowhegan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.20 - Standish. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.50 - Warren. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 - Waterford. Mrs. S. C. Hersey 1.50 - West Bath. Isaiah Percy, $3; Beulah B. Percy, - $2 5.00 - Windham. Cong. Ch. 7.00 - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE, $338.02. - - Antrim. Individuals, _for Mag._ 15.00 - Claremont. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $38.35; MRS. E. - L. GODDARD, $30, to const. herself L. M. 68.35 - Concord. Alma J. Herbert, $3.50; Others, - $1.50; “A Widow,” $5 10.00 - East Jaffrey. Eliza A. Parker 20.00 - Goffstown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.61 - Hebron. Rev. J. B. C. 1.00 - Henniker. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.43 - Keene. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 35.50 - Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00 - Orford. “A Friend” 5.00 - Pembroke. Cong. Ch., $26.47; Mrs. Mary W. - Thompson, $5; Prof. Isaac Walker, $5 36.47 - Rochester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.11 - Stoddard. Rev. B. Southworth 10.00 - Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 34.55 - - - VERMONT, $1,124.79. - - Barnet. “A Friend” 3.00 - Bridport. Cong. Sab. Sch. 6.50 - Charlotte. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 76.50 - Chelsea. ESTATE of Dea. Samuel Douglass, by - Edward Douglass, Ex. 750.00 - Coventry. Mrs. S. P. Cowles 5.00 - Cornwall. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 29.78 - Georgia. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Greensborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $2.50; Rev. - Moses Patten and family, $15 17.50 - Middlebury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.44 - Newbury. Mrs. E. F. 1.00 - Saint Albans. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 86.34 - Shelburn. “A Friend,” adl. to const. J. K. - DAVIS, L. M. 15.00 - Springfield. Cong. Ch. by Rev. T. M. Boss 15.00 - Swanton. Ladies’ “Home Circle” of Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Thetford. John Lord (aged 98) 2.00 - Waterbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. BURTON - H. HUMPHREY, L. M. 30.00 - Wells River. George Leslie 5.00 - West Enosburgh. H. Fassett 5.00 - Westford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00 - West Westminster. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $26.46, - and Sab. Sch. $7.27 33.73 - - - MASSACHUSETTS, $4,666.06. - - Alford. Rev. J. Jay Dana, to const. TENNIE L. - CONVERSE, L. M. 30.00 - Andover. ESTATE of Peter Smith 500.00 - Andover. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. in part, 200.00 - Attleborough. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 127.71 - Boston. Mrs. Henry H. Hyde 50.00 - Boston Highlands. Miss E. Davis 25.00 - Bradford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 36.40 - Braintree. First Ch. and Soc. 14.27 - Campello. Sarah Packard 49.16 - Chelsea. E. T. S. 1.00 - Chesterfield. Mrs. Edward Clarke 5.00 - Curtisville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.00 - Danvers. Maple St. Ch. and Soc. 58.65 - East Wareham. M. F. &. J. H. Martin 10.00 - Everett. E. H. Evans 5.00 - Fall River. “A Friend” 1.00 - Falmouth. First Ch. and Soc. 38.50 - Fitchburg. Rev. and Mrs. J. M. R. Eaton 10.00 - Foxborough. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.07 - Holliston. Mrs. R. R. W., $1; Ladies’ Benev. - Soc. of Cong. Ch. Bbl. of C., _for Savannah, - Ga._, by Mrs J. A. Johnson, Sec. 1.00 - Holyoke. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.09 - Hubbardston. “A Friend” 10.00 - Gardner. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.00 - Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch. 53.22 - Ipswich. First Ch. and Soc. 28.19 - Lawrence. Lawrence St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 127.00 - Lee. Cong. Sab. Sch. 75.00 - Littleton. Orth. Ch. and Soc. 14.60 - Lowell. ESTATE of E. S. Hunt by George F. - Richardson, Ex. 500.00 - Marshfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.43 - Merrimack. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 9.00 - Middleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Millbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 57.95 - Mittineaque. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.82 - Newburyport. Belleville Ch. and Soc., $37.20; - Whitefield Cong. Ch. and Soc., $17.73; Miss - Bassett, $5 59.93 - Newton Centre. “A Friend” $40; C. L. H., 50c 40.50 - Northampton. “A Friend” 150.00 - North Abington. Reuben Loring, _for addition - to school building, Fayetteville, Ark._ 5.00 - North Andover Depot. F. D. F. 1.00 - North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00 - North Wilmington. L. F. M. 1.00 - Palmer. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.40 - Plainfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 - Pittsfield. James H. Dunham 25.00 - Quincy. Cong. Ch. and Soc., Mon. Con. Coll. 18.00 - Randolph. Miss A. W. Turner 10.00 - Rochester. Cong. Sab. Sch. 17.00 - Royalston. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 114.10 - South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00 - South Egremont. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 - South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., to - const. CHARLES MERRILL and FRANCIS TORREY, - L. M.’s 51.00 - Springfield. ESTATE of George Merriam, by - Henry S. Lee, Ex. 1,000.00 - Springfield. “M,” $500; South Cong. Ch. and - Soc., $43.25; First Cong. Ch. and Soc., - $38.84 582.09 - Sturbridge. ESTATE of M. A. Bullock, by M. L. - Richardson 50.00 - Sturbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 42.77 - Taunton. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.73 - Templeton. “A Friend” 2.00 - Tolland. Rev. C. J. 1.00 - Walpole. M. G. 1.00 - Ware. “A Friend” 10.00 - Webster. Cong. Ch. 15.00 - West Boylston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.00 - Westfield. H. Holland, M. D. 3.00 - Whately. Cong. Ch. 16.47 - Wilmington. J. Skilton 5.00 - Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. 50.00 - Worcester. Union Ch., $32.01; G. M. P., $1. 33.01 - ——. “A Thank Offering” 20.00 - - - RHODE ISLAND, $4.00. - - Little Compton. Ezra Wilbur, $2; G. A. G., $1. 3.00 - Slatersville. W. P. 1.00 - - - CONNECTICUT, $3,998.30. - - Abington. S. C. 1.00 - Berlin. MISS HARRIET N. WILCOX _for Woman’s - Work for Women_, and to const. herself L. M. 30.00 - Brooklyn. First Trin. Ch. and Soc. 39.00 - Cromwell. BEQUEST of Miss Roxana K. Porter, by - Rev. G. S. F. Savage 100.00 - Derby. First Cong. Ch. 17.00 - East Lyme. Cong. Ch. 5.24 - Greenwich. Miss Sarah Mead 50.00 - Greenfield Hill. Cong. Ch. 13.08 - Goshen. Cong. Sab. Sch. 31.32 - Guilford. Mrs. Lucy. E. Tuttle. 100.00 - Hadlyme. Richard E. Hungerford, $100; Jos. W. - Hungerford, $100; Cong. Sab. Sch., $11.18; - Cong. Ch., $8. 219.18 - Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.73 - Hartford. Mrs. John Olmsted 30.00 - Higganum. Selden Gladwin 5.00 - Lebanon. Mrs. L. Hebard 2.00 - Meriden. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. to - const. HOMER A. CURTIS, L. M. 75.00 - Middletown. Member First Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Mt. Carmel. Cong. Ch. 28.51 - Naugatuck. Cong. Ch. 100.00 - New Britain. South Cong. Ch., semi-annual - contribution, $72.55;--Levi S. Wells, $40 - for _Straight U._ 112.55 - New London. “TRUST ESTATE of Henry P. Haven” 500.00 - Norfolk. Mary, Belle and Alice Eldridge _for - books for Theo. Student, Fisk U._ 30.00 - North Stonington. D. R. Wheeler 10.00 - North Woodstock. Cong. Ch. 25.00 - Norwich. ESTATE of Mrs. Emily H. Mansfield, by - A. T. Converse, Ex. 1,800.00 - Norwich. First Cong. Ch. ($5 of which _for T. - C. and N. Inst._) 140.00 - Putnam. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., _for ed. of an - Indian boy, Hampton N. and A. Inst._ 15.00 - Rockville. Mrs. A. Martin, B. A. Chapman and - Mrs. A. B. Martin 5.00 - Rocky Hill. Cong. Ch. 11.54 - Salem. Cong. Ch. 6.00 - South Britain. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. - H. P. DOWNES, L. M. 37.53 - Stafford Springs. F. S. 0.50 - Terryville. Cong. Ch., $233.60, to const. WM. - H. GRISWOLD, LEVI BASSETT, GEORGE F. - BUSHNELL, MR. O. D. HUNTER and MRS. VALERIA - TERRY, L. M.’s; Elizur Fenn and Mrs. Elizur - Fenn, $5 ea. 243.60 - Thomaston. Cong. Soc. 12.30 - Wapping. Cong. Ch., to const. DEA. JOHN ALDEN - COLLINS, L. M. 30.00 - Washington. Mrs. Rebecca Hine, to const. - FREDERIC P. POND, L. M. 30.50 - Westville. Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Wethersfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.42 - Wilton. Cong. Ch. 19.34 - Wolcottville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.96 - ——. “A Friend” 10.00 - - - NEW YORK, $971.47. - - Bergen. ESTATE of I. M. Hitchcock, by A. E. - Hitchcock, Ex. 40.00 - Binghamton. J. D. Wells 7.00 - Brooklyn. Tompkins Av. Cong. Ch., $33.91; Mrs. - Lewis Tappan, $10; Professor E. P. Thwing, $5 48.91 - Camillus. Isaiah Wilcox 30.00 - Clifton Springs. Rev. W. W. Warner, $10; Mrs. - Mary M. Chester, $5 15.00 - Coxsackie. P. H. Silvester 10.00 - Dansville. Mrs. D. W. Noyes 2.00 - East Wilson. Rev. H. Halsey, $30; C. M. Clark, - $3 33.00 - Eaton. Cong. Ch. 18.20 - Eden. H. McNett 2.00 - Gaines. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $29.79; and Sab. - Sch. $2.07 to const. ADAM P. VROMAN, L. M. 31.86 - Leeds. “Beth” 5.00 - New Lebanon. Presb. Cong. Ch. 7.50 - New York. “Santa Claus,” $100; J. S. Holt, - $10; “S. J. W.,” $2 112.00 - Nyack. John W. Towt 50.00 - Ovid. D. W. K. 0.50 - Poughkeepsie. Mrs. Margaret Jane Myers 25.00 - Randolph. Mrs. T. A. C. Everett 2.00 - Rensselaer Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Rome. Rev. Wm. B. Hammond, bbl. of Books and - Pamphlets. - Schenectady. Mrs. Anna W. Viney 5.50 - Utica. Mrs. Sarah H. Mudge 15.00 - Warsaw. L. H. H. 1.00 - —— “A Friend” 500.00 - - - NEW JERSEY, $33.00. - - Boonton. Mrs. N. T. J. 2.00 - Irvington. Mrs. W. H. C. 1.00 - New Brunswick. I. P. Langdon 10.00 - Newfield. Rev. Charles Willey 10.00 - Parsippany. Mrs. Jane W. Ford 10.00 - - - PENNSYLVANIA, $105.00. - - New Milford. H. A. Summers 5.00 - Troy. Chas. C. Paine ($50 of which _for Indian - M._) 100.00 - - - OHIO, $256.46. - - Canfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.68 - Cincinnati. Vine St. Cong. Ch. 40.67 - Cortland. Cong. Ch. 4.25 - Cuyahoga Falls. Cong. Ch. 8.42 - Delaware. Rev. John H. Jones 10.00 - Gambier. James S. Sawer 5.00 - Greenwich Station. W. M. Mead 5.00 - Harmar. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Hicksville. “A Friend” 10.00 - Newark. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 7.00 - Norwalk. First Cong. Ch. 14.00 - Oberlin. J. W. Merrill, $40; First Cong. Ch., - $32.22; W. G. B., 50c. 72.72 - Ravenna. Howard Carter 10.00 - Willoughby. Miss Mary P. Hastings 10.00 - Windham. First Cong. Ch. 35.72 - - - INDIANA, $64.27. - - Michigan City. Cong. Ch. 56.27 - Winchester. L. O. Ward, $4.50; Lydia Maxwell, - $2.50; C. W. O., $1 8.00 - - - ILLINOIS, $2,339.98. - - Buda. Cong. Ch. 24.00 - Bunker Hill. J. W. B. 0.50 - Canton. First Cong. Ch. $82.08; Cong. Ch., $22 104.08 - Chicago. First Cong. Ch., $736.15; Lincoln - Park Ch., $29.55; New Eng. Ch., Mon. Coll., - $15.62 781.32 - Elgin. S. N. Campbell 5.00 - Galesburg. Mrs. E. T. Parker 10.00 - Granville. Cong. Ch. 31.00 - Homer. Cong. Ch. 14.50 - Joy Prairie. Cong. Ch. to const. LYMAN L. - PRATT, L. M. 34.15 - Kewanee. Ladies of Cong. Ch., $25.38; “The - Gleaners” of Cong. Ch., $12.81, _for Lady - Missionary Liberty Co., Ga._ 38.19 - Lee Centre. ESTATE of Martin Wright 1,000.00 - La Harpe. Cong. Ch. 20.50 - Metamora. Individuals, Collected by A. C. Rouse 20.00 - Morrison. Cong. Ch. 25.00 - Newark. Horace Day 6.00 - Paxton. J. B. Shaw 5.00 - Peru. First Cong. Ch. 13.80 - Princeton. Mrs. P. B. Corss 12.00 - Rockford. Second Cong. Ch. 113.64 - Roseville. Cong. Ch., to const. MRS. SARAH C. - ELDRED, L. M. 33.00 - South Danville. Cong. Ch. 12.00 - Waukegan. Young Ladies Miss. Soc., _for Lady - Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 10.00 - Waverly. Cong. Sab. Sch. 16.30 - Winnebago. N. F. Parsons 10.00 - - - MICHIGAN, $390.51. - - Alpena. First Cong. Ch. 75.75 - Ann Arbor. Cong. Ch., Semi Annual Coll. 30.00 - Calumet. Cong. Ch. 120.72 - Charlotte. First Cong. Ch., $30;--E. Pray, $5; - R. C. Jones, $3, _for Talladega C._ 38.00 - Grand Rapids. Mrs. E. G. Furness 5.00 - Hancock. First Cong. Ch. 42.92 - Homer. Mrs. C. C. Everts 5.00 - Port Huron. First Cong. Ch. 37.50 - Union City. First Cong. Ch. 35.62 - - - WISCONSIN, $204.45. - - Beloit. First Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 20.00 - Black Earth. Mrs. J. W. 0.50 - Bloomington. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - Brandon. Cong. Ch., $3.50, and Sab. Sch., $10 13.50 - Brant. Mrs. E. W. Brant 3.00 - Fox Lake. First Cong. Ch. 15.00 - Hartford. R. F. 1.00 - Madison. First Cong. Ch. 75.00 - Milwaukee. Mrs. E. F. Rice 10.00 - River Falls. Cong. Ch. 16.00 - Sun Prairie. Cong. Ch., $6, and Sab. Sch., - $19.45 25.45 - Sheboygan. Mrs. L. H. Chase 10.00 - Sparta. H. E. Kelley 2.00 - West Salem. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - - - IOWA, $352.80. - - Alden. Cong. Ch., $3.85, and Sab. Sch., $1.15 5.00 - Anamosa. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans_ 5.00 - Bellevue. Ladies of Cong. Ch. _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans_ 5.00 - Cherokee. Cong. Ch. 6.00 - Creston. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, - Tougaloo U._ 6.95 - Dubuque. A. Kaiser 10.00 - Dunlap. Rev. Joseph S. Fisher 15.00 - Durant. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans._ 10.00 - Eldora. Cong. Ch. 10.50 - Garden Prairie. Cong. Ch. 5.75 - Green Mountain. First Cong. Ch. 28.40 - Grinnell. Cong. Ch. 76.90 - Iowa City. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans._ 15.00 - Kelley. Cong. Ch. 4.25 - Maquoketa. Mrs. M. T. H., _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans_ 1.00 - Marion. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans_ 40.00 - Marshalltown. Young People’s Miss. Soc., _for - Student Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00 - McGregor. Woman’s Missionary Soc., bal., to - cost. MRS. WILLIAM FAIR, L. M. 14.55 - Meriden. Cong. Soc. 4.00 - Muscatine. N. B. Huntington, 50; W. Sandford, - 10, _for Talladega C._ 60.00 - Oskaloosa. Samuel R. Pettett 2.50 - Seneca. Rev. and Mrs. O. Littlefield 15.00 - Traer. C. Jameyson 2.00 - - - MISSOURI, $9.00. - - Kidder. First Cong. Ch. 9.00 - - - MINNESOTA, $35.22. - - Afton. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Brownsville. Mrs. S. M. McHose 2.00 - Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., $12.52; Mrs. J. F. - A., 50c. 13.02 - St. Cloud. First Cong. Ch. 5.20 - Saint Peter. Mrs Jane A. Treadwell 5.00 - - - MONTANA, $5.00. - - Divide. Mrs. C. A. Leggett 5.00 - - - KANSAS, $5.00. - - Topeka. First Cong. Ch. 5.00 - - - NEBRASKA, $10.00. - - Fairmount. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - - - CALIFORNIA, $13.87. - - Oakland. Miss Martha L. Newcomb 13.87 - - - WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $6.37. - - Seattle. “A Friend,” by Rev. Samuel Green 6.37 - - - TENNESSEE, 50c. - - Covington. H. C. G. 0.50 - - - NORTH CAROLINA, $4.25. - - Raleigh. Washington Sch., Tuition 4.25 - - - SOUTH CAROLINA, $2.00. - - Charleston. J. W. H., $1; Avery Inst., - Tuition, $1 2.00 - - - ALABAMA, $40.30. - - Montgomery. HON. JOHN BRUCE, to const. himself - L. M. 30.00 - Pleasant Hill. W. H. G. 0.50 - Selma. Cong. Ch. 9.80 - - - MISSISSIPPI, $9.10. - - Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition 9.10 - - - TEXAS, 50c. - - Austin. L. C. A. 0.50 - - - —— $1.00. - - —— Lucy O. Thompson 1.00 - - - INCOME FUND, $45.76. - - Avery Fund 45.76 - - - CANADA, $17.00. - - Montreal. Emmanuel Ch., John McLaughlan, $10; - Chas. Alexander, $5; Theo. Lyman, $2 17.00 - - - SCOTLAND. $66.44. - - Perth North United Presb. Ch. Subscriptions, - £10 6s.; J. Balman, for Chinese M., £2;--Girls’ - House of Refuge, Craigie, 5s.; “Friends of - Africans,” £1; “Friend,” 5s., by D. Morton 66.44 - ————————— - Total 15,472.12 - Total from Oct. 1st to Aug. 31st $160,969.61 - - * * * * * - - FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL INST., AUSTIN, TEXAS. - - Hanover, Conn. Mrs Ruth W. and Miss Ruth E. - Allen $100.00 - New London, Conn. “Trust Estate of Henry P. - Haven” 500.00 - Amherst, Mass. Mrs. R. A. Lester 50.00 - —— “A Friend,” by Mrs. E. M. E. Garland 10.00 - —— Refunded 75.00 - ————————— - Total $735.00 - Previously Acknowledged in July Receipts 5,503.00 - ————————— - Total $6,238.00 - - * * * * * - - FOR NEGRO REFUGEES. - - Amsterdam, N. Y. Chandler Bartlett, $5; James - H. Bronson, $3 $8.00 - Previously Acknowledged in July Receipts 436.75 - ———————— - Total $444.75 - - * * * * * - - FOR SCHOOL BUILDING, ATHENS, ALA. - - Ann Arbor, Mich. Presb. Ch. $18.00 - Armada, Mich. Cong. Ch. 8.89 - Columbus, Mich. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - Detroit, Mich. Ladies’ For’gn Miss. Soc. 22.15 - Detroit, Mich. Miss A. 1.00 - Flint, Mich. Miss H. H., $1; Mrs L. B., $1; - Mrs. T., 50c 2.50 - Franklin, Mich. Cong. Ch. 7.00 - Gr’d Rapids, Mich. Mrs. White, $10; Mrs. - Withey, $2; Mrs. N. L. Avery, $2; “A - Friend,” $1 15.00 - Hudson, Mich. Cong. Ch. 6.00 - Imlay City, Mich. Cong. Ch., $5, and Sab. - Sch., $1.79 6.79 - Lansing, Mich. Cong. Ch. 12.40 - Memphis, Mich. Cong, Ch. 3.00 - Mosherville, Mich. Methodist Ch. 26.50 - Olivet, Mich. Cong. Ch. 23.25 - Owano, Mich. Mrs. Flora Duff, $5; Miss Doane, - $1.50; Dea. G., 50c.; “A Friend,” 25c. 7.25 - Pawpaw, Mich. Presb. Ch. 17.89 - Port Huron, Mich. Cong. Ch. 22.25 - Newton, Mich. Cong. Ch. 2.73 - North Adams, Mich. Cong. Ch. 11.00 - No. Lansing, Mich. Mrs. T., $1; Mrs. E., $1; - Mrs. A., 50c. 2.50 - Romeo, Mich. Cong. Ch. 10.55 - Saint Clair, Mich. Cong. Ch. 10.65 - Somerset, Mich. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - Union City, Mich. Cong. Ch. 14.00 - Chicago, Ill. Mrs. Clark 5.00 - Valparaiso, Ind. Presb. Ch. 12.12 - South Bend, Ind. Mrs. Reynolds 5.00 - Lake City, Iowa. Mrs Haas 20.00 - ———————— - Total $299.42 - Previously acknowledged in June Receipts 680.59 - ———————— - Total $980.01 - - * * * * * - - Receipts for August $16,514.54 - Total from Oct. 1st to Aug. 31st $175,208.85 - ============ - -H. W. HUBBARD, _Treas._, -56 Reade St., N. Y. - - -Constitution of the American Missionary Association. - -INCORPORATED JANUARY 30, 1849. - - -ART. I. This Society shall be called “THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY -ASSOCIATION.” - -ART. II. The object of this Association shall be to conduct -Christian missionary and educational operations, and diffuse a -knowledge of the Holy Scriptures in our own and other countries -which are destitute of them, or which present open and urgent -fields of effort. - -ART. III. Any person of evangelical sentiments,[A] who professes -faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is not a slaveholder, or in the -practice of other immoralities, and who contributes to the funds, -may become a member of the Society; and by the payment of thirty -dollars, a life member; provided that children and others who have -not professed their faith may be constituted life members without -the privilege of voting. - -ART. IV. This Society shall meet annually, in the month of -September, October or November, for the election of officers and -the transaction of other business, at such time and place as shall -be designated by the Executive Committee. - -ART. V. The annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular -officers and members of the Society at the time of such meeting, -and of delegates from churches, local missionary societies, -and other co-operating bodies, each body being entitled to one -representative. - -ART. VI. The officers of the Society shall be a President, -Vice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretaries, -Treasurer, two Auditors, and an Executive Committee of not less -than twelve, of which the Corresponding Secretaries shall be -advisory, and the Treasurer ex-officio, members. - -ART. VII. To the Executive Committee shall belong the collecting -and disbursing of funds; the appointing, counselling, sustaining -and dismissing (for just and sufficient reasons) missionaries and -agents; the selection of missionary fields; and, in general, the -transaction of all such business as usually appertains to the -executive committees of missionary and other benevolent societies; -the Committee to exercise no ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the -missionaries; and its doings to be subject always to the revision -of the annual meeting, which shall, by a reference mutually -chosen, always entertain the complaints of any aggrieved agent or -missionary; and the decision of such reference shall be final. - -The Executive Committee shall have authority to fill all vacancies -occurring among the officers between the regular annual meetings; -to apply, if they see fit, to any State Legislature for acts of -incorporation; to fix the compensation, where any is given, of all -officers, agents, missionaries, or others in the employment of the -Society; to make provision, if any, for disabled missionaries, and -for the widows and children of such as are deceased; and to call, -in all parts of the country, at their discretion, special and -general conventions of the friends of missions, with a view to the -diffusion of the missionary spirit, and the general and vigorous -promotion of the missionary work. - -Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for -transacting business. - -ART. VIII. This society, in collecting funds, in appointing -officers, agents and missionaries, and in selecting fields -of labor, and conducting the missionary work, will endeavor -particularly to discountenance slavery, by refusing to receive the -known fruits of unrequited labor, or to welcome to its employment -those who hold their fellow-beings as slaves. - -ART. IX. Missionary bodies, churches or individuals agreeing to -the principles of this Society, and wishing to appoint and sustain -missionaries of their own, shall be entitled to do so through the -agency of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually agreed upon. - -ART. X. No amendment shall be made to this Constitution without -the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at a regular -annual meeting; nor unless the proposed amendment has been -submitted to a previous meeting, or to the Executive Committee in -season to be published by them (as it shall be their duty to do, if -so submitted) in the regular official notifications of the meeting. - -FOOTNOTE: - -[A] By evangelical sentiments, we understand, among others, a -belief in the guilty and lost condition of all men without a -Saviour; the Supreme Deity, Incarnation and Atoning Sacrifice -of Jesus Christ, the only Saviour of the world; the necessity -of regeneration by the Holy Spirit, repentance, faith and holy -obedience in order to salvation; the immortality of the soul; and -the retributions of the judgment in the eternal punishment of the -wicked, and salvation of the righteous. - - - - -The American Missionary Association. - - * * * * * - - -AIM AND WORK. - -To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with -the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its -main efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens -and Christians in America and as missionaries in Africa. As closely -related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted CHINESE -in America, and to co-operate with the Government in its humane -and Christian policy towards the INDIANS. It has also a mission in -AFRICA. - - -STATISTICS. - -CHURCHES: _In the South_--In Va., 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2; Ga., 13; -Ky., 7; Tenn., 4; Ala., 14; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; Texas, 6. -_Africa_, 2. _Among the Indians_, 1. Total 70. - -INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE -SOUTH.--_Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala., -Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.; -and Austin, Texas, 8. _Graded or Normal Schools_: at Wilmington, -Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Savannah, Macon, -Atlanta, Ga.; Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, -Tenn., 12. _Other Schools_, 24. Total 44. - -TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.--Among the Freedmen, 253; -among the Chinese, 21; among the Indians, 9; in Africa, 13. Total, -296. STUDENTS--In Theology, 86; Law, 28; in College Course, 63; -in other studies, 7,030. Total, 7,207. Scholars taught by former -pupils of our schools, estimated at 150,000. INDIANS under the care -of the Association, 13,000. - - -WANTS. - -1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the -growing work. This increase can only be reached by _regular_ and -_larger_ contributions from the churches--the feeble as well as the -strong. - -2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational institutions, to -accommodate the increasing numbers of students; MEETING HOUSES for -the new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and -pious, for these churches. - -3. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers here and -missionaries to Africa--a pressing want. - -Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A. -office, as below: - - NEW YORK H. W. Hubbard, Esq., 56 Reade Street. - BOSTON Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Room 21 Congregational House. - CHICAGO Rev. Jas. 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D., of the Broadway Tabernacle, New York -City. The citizens of Norwich will receive and cordially entertain -all friends of the work of the Association who, desiring to attend, -shall make application for entertainment before the first day of -October. The Chairman of the Committee of Entertainment, CHARLES E. -DYER, to whom all such applications should be addressed, will send -out, on the above date, cards of hospitality, introducing those who -have made known their purpose of attending, to the host by whom -they will be entertained. Those receiving such cards will please -communicate at once with the person to whom they are introduced, -announcing their purpose of attending, at what time they will -arrive in Norwich, and whether they will remain during the meeting, -so that hospitality may have no unnecessary burdens to bear. Those -failing to receive such a card by the 6th of October will please -inform the Chairman of the fact. An early application will greatly -lighten the burden of the Committee, and will be duly appreciated. -Those paying full fare one way to attend the meeting, will be -furnished free return tickets on the following railroads: New York -and New England, New London and Northern, Norwich and Worcester, -Worcester and Nashua, Stonington, Boston and Providence, Boston, -Barre and Gardner, Passumpsic, Central Vermont; and by steamers of -the Norwich and New York Line. The Conn. River Road will sell round -trip tickets to those who attend the meeting. - -Any needed additional information will be given to those applying -to the Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, Norwich, Conn. - - W. S. PALMER, - Chairman Committee of Arrangements. - - -DAVID H. 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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 34, No. 10, October, 1880 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: July 8, 2017 [EBook #55069] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, OCTOBER 1880 *** - - - - -Produced by 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) - - - - - - -</pre> - -<div> -<hr class="full" /> - -<div> -<p class="float-left smcap">Vol. XXXIV.</p> -<p class="float-right smcap">No. 10.</p> -</div> - -<h1><span class="small">THE</span><br />AMERICAN MISSIONARY.</h1> -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="wrap"><p class="centerline">“To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.”</p></div> -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="wrap"><p class="centerline xlarge">OCTOBER, 1880.</p></div> -</div> - -<div class="wrap"><h2><i>CONTENTS</i>:</h2> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="toc" summary="Table of Contents"> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">EDITORIAL.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Our Annual Meeting—Paragraphs</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_289">289</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Paragraphs</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_290">290</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Jubilee Singers</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_291">291</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Atlanta’s Colored People—Common Sense for Colored Men</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_292">292</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Our Schools and the Common School System</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_293">293</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">A New South, not a New England in the South</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_294">294</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Mtesa and the Religion of his Ancestors</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_296">296</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Begging Letter</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_297">297</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">African Notes</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_299">299</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Items from the Field</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_300">300</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE FREEDMEN.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Colored Cadetship</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_302">302</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">North Carolina, McLeansville—<span class="chaplinen">Revival Interest</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_302">302</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">South Carolina, Greenwood</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_303">303</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Georgia—<span class="chaplinen">Midway Anniversary</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_304">304</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Georgia—<span class="chaplinen">Atlanta University and Temperance</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_305">305</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Alabama—<span class="chaplinen">Shelby Ironworks</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_305">305</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Alabama—Florence—<span class="chaplinen">Outside Work</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_306">306</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Mississippi—<span class="chaplinen">Tougaloo University</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_307">307</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE INDIANS.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline"><span class="smcap">S’kokomish Agency: <span class="chaplinen">Rev. Myron Eells</span></span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_308">308</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Sisseton Agency: <span class="chaplinen">Chas. Crissey</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_309">309</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE CHINESE.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Sermon by Jee Gam</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_310">310</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">CHILDREN’S PAGE.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Chinese and Chinese Customs</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_312">312</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="toc-chapter pp2">RECEIPTS</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_313">313</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="toc-chapter smcap">Constitution</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_317">317</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="toc-chapter smcap">Aim, Statistics, Wants</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_318">318</a></td> - </tr> -</table> -</div> -</div> - -<hr class="quarter" /> -<p class="center">NEW YORK:</p> -<p class="center">Published by the American Missionary Association,</p> -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Rooms, 56 Reade Street</span>.</p> - -<hr class="quarter" /> - -<p class="center">Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance.</p> - -<p class="center medium">Entered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class matter.</p> - -<hr class="full" /> -<h2>AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION</h2> - -<p class="center">56 READE STREET, N. Y.</p> - -<hr class="quarter" /> - -<p class="center p1 small">PRESIDENT.</p> -<p class="center medium medium"><span class="smcap">Hon. E. S. TOBEY</span>, Boston.</p> - -<div> -<p class="position">VICE-PRESIDENTS.</p> - -<table class="medium"><tr><td class="tdpr"> -Hon. <span class="smcap">F. D. Parish</span>, Ohio.<br /> - Hon. <span class="smcap">E. D. Holton</span>, Wis.<br /> - Hon. <span class="smcap">William Claflin</span>, Mass.<br /> - <span class="smcap">Andrew Lester</span>, Esq., N. Y.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">Stephen Thurston</span>, D. D., Me.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">Samuel Harris</span>, D. D., Ct.<br /> - <span class="smcap">Wm. C. Chapin</span>, Esq., R. I.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">W. T. Eustis</span>, D. D., Mass.<br /> - Hon. <span class="smcap">A. C. Barstow</span>, R. I.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">Thatcher Thayer</span>, D. D., R. I.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">Ray Palmer</span>, D. D., N. J.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">Edward Beecher</span>, D. D., N. Y.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">J. M. Sturtevant</span>, D. D., Ill.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">W. W. Patton</span>, D. D., D. C.<br /> - Hon. <span class="smcap">Seymour Straight</span>, La.<br /> - <span class="smcap">Horace Hallock</span>, Esq., Mich.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">Cyrus W. Wallace</span>, D. D., N. H.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">Edward Hawes</span>, D. D., Ct.<br /> - <span class="smcap">Douglas Putnam</span>, Esq., Ohio.<br /> - Hon. <span class="smcap">Thaddeus Fairbanks</span>, Vt.<br /> - <span class="smcap">Samuel D. Porter</span>, Esq., N. Y.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">M. M. G. Dana</span>, D. D., Minn.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">H. W. Beecher</span>, N. Y.<br /> - Gen. <span class="smcap">O. O. Howard</span>, Oregon.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">G. F. Magoun</span>, D. D., Iowa.<br /> - Col. <span class="smcap">C. G. Hammond</span>, Ill.<br /> - <span class="smcap">Edward Spaulding</span>, M. D., N. H.<br /> - <span class="smcap">David Ripley</span>, Esq., N. J.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">Wm. M. Barbour</span>, D. D., Ct.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">W. L. Gage</span>, D. D., Ct.<br /> - <span class="smcap">A. S. Hatch</span>, Esq., N. Y. -</td> -<td> - Rev. <span class="smcap">J. H. Fairchild</span>, D. D., Ohio.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">H. A. Stimson</span>, Minn.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">J. W. Strong</span>, D. D., Minn.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">A. L. Stone</span>, D. D., California.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">G. H. Atkinson</span>, D. D., Oregon.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">J. E. Rankin</span>, D. D., D. C.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">A. L. Chapin</span>, D. D., Wis.<br /> - <span class="smcap">S. D. Smith</span>, Esq., Mass.<br /> - <span class="smcap">Peter Smith</span>, Esq., Mass.<br /> - Dea. <span class="smcap">John C. Whitin</span>, Mass.<br /> - Hon <span class="smcap">J. B. Grinnell</span>, Iowa.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">Wm. T. Carr</span>, Ct.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">Horace Winslow</span>, Ct.<br /> - Sir <span class="smcap">Peter Coats</span>, Scotland.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">Henry Allon</span>, D. D., London, Eng.<br /> - <span class="smcap">Wm. E. Whiting</span>, Esq., N. Y.<br /> - <span class="smcap">J. M. Pinkerton</span>, Esq., Mass.<br /> - <span class="smcap">E. A. Graves</span>, Esq., N. J.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">F. A. Noble</span>, D. D., Ill.<br /> - <span class="smcap">Daniel Hand</span>, Esq., Ct.<br /> - <span class="smcap">A. L. Williston</span>, Esq., Mass.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">A. F. Beard</span>, D. D., N. Y.<br /> - <span class="smcap">Frederick Billings</span>, Esq., Vt.<br /> - <span class="smcap">Joseph Carpenter</span>, Esq., Ill.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">E. P. Goodwin</span>, D. D., Ill.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">C. L. Goodell</span>, D. D., Mo.<br /> - <span class="smcap">J. W. Scoville</span>, Esq., Ill.<br /> - <span class="smcap">E. W. Blatchford</span>, Esq., Ill.<br /> - <span class="smcap">C. D. Talcott</span>, Esq., Ct.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">John K. McLean</span>, D. D., Cal.<br /> - Rev. <span class="smcap">Richard Cordley</span>, D. D., Kansas.<br /> -</td></tr> -</table> -</div> - -<p class="position">CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.</p> - -<p class="center medium"><span class="smcap">Rev.</span> M. E. STRIEBY, D. D., <i>56 Reade Street, N. Y.</i></p> - -<p class="position">DISTRICT SECRETARIES.</p> -<div class="center medium"> - <span class="smcap">Rev.</span> C. L. WOODWORTH, <i>Boston</i>.<br /> - <span class="smcap">Rev.</span> G. D. PIKE, <i>New York</i>.<br /> - <span class="smcap">Rev.</span> JAS. POWELL, <i>Chicago</i>.<br /> -<br /> - H. W. HUBBARD, <span class="smcap">Esq.</span>, <i>Treasurer, N. Y.</i><br /> - <span class="smcap">Rev.</span> M. E. STRIEBY, <i>Recording Secretary</i>.<br /> -</div> - -<p class="position">EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.</p> - -<table class="medium"><tr> -<td class="tdpr"> - <span class="smcap">Alonzo S. Ball</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">A. S. Barnes</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">Geo. M. Boynton</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">Wm. B. Brown</span>, -</td> -<td class="tdpr"> - <span class="smcap">C. T. Christensen</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">Clinton B. Fisk</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">Addison P. Foster</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">S. B. Halliday</span>, -</td> -<td class="tdpr"> - <span class="smcap">Samuel Holmes</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">Charles A. Hull</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">Edgar Ketchum</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">Chas. L. Mead</span>, -</td> -<td class="tdpr"> - <span class="smcap">Wm. T. Pratt</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">J. A. Shoudy</span><br /> - <span class="smcap">John H. Washburn</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">G. B. Willcox</span>. -</td></tr> -</table> - - -<p class="center p1 small">COMMUNICATIONS</p> - -<p class="center medium">relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the -Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields to -the District Secretaries; letters for the Editor of the “American -Missionary,” to Rev. <span class="smcap">C. C. Painter</span>, at the New York Office.</p> - - -<p class="center p1 small">DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS</p> - -<p class="medium">may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New -York, or when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 -Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 112 West Washington Street, -Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a -Life Member.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_289" id="Page_289">[Pg 289]</a></span></p> - -<div class="article"> -<div> -<hr class="full" /> -<p class="center">THE</p> -<p class="center xxlarge">AMERICAN MISSIONARY.</p> -<hr class="full top" /> - -<div> -<div class="third" style="padding-left: 2%"><span class="smcap">Vol. XXXIV.</span></div> -<div class="third center">OCTOBER, 1880.</div> -<div class="third right">No. 10.</div> -</div> - -<hr class="full bottom" /> -<h2>American Missionary Association.</h2> -<hr class="chap" /> - -<h3>OUR ANNUAL MEETING.</h3> - -<p>The Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Missionary -Association will be held in the Broadway Church (Rev. Dr. -Chamberlain’s), Norwich, Ct., commencing Oct. 12, at 3 <span class="smcap">P. -M.</span>, at which time the Report of the Executive Committee will -be read by Rev. M. E. Strieby, D.D., Corresponding Secretary. The -Annual Sermon will be preached by Rev. Wm. M. Taylor, D.D., of New -York City, Tuesday evening. Reports, papers, and discussions upon -the work of the Society, may be expected throughout Tuesday and -Wednesday. The following persons have promised to be present and -participate in the exercises, with others: Rev. Lyman Abbott, D.D., -Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, H. K. Carroll, of New York City; Rev. A. F. -Beard, D.D., Syracuse, N. Y.; Rev. Alex. McKenzie, D.D., Cambridge, -Mass.; Prof. Wm. J. Tucker, D.D., Andover, Mass.; Prof. Cyrus -Northrop, New Haven, Ct.; Rev. Sam’l Scoville, Stamford, Ct.; Rev. -Joseph Anderson, D.D., Waterbury, Ct.; Rev. Wm. H. Willcox, D.D., -Malden, Mass. We also have invited Pres. Julius Seelye, Amherst, -Mass., and Hon. John P. Page, Rutland, Vt., and hope for favorable -responses. For reduction in railway fares and other important -items, see fourth page of cover.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>In addition to the speakers from the North announced above, much -interest will be added to our Annual Meeting by addresses from some -of the prominent workers in the Southern field.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>During the vacation of our schools and workers, there is a -dearth of intelligence from “the field,” which must be the -<span class="smcap">Missionary’s</span> apology for its leanness. The next number -will be made fat with the good things prepared for us at Norwich, -and may be delayed on that account, after which there will -doubtless be abundance from our teachers and pastors, who will by -that time have their work well in hand once more for another year’s -labor.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_290" id="Page_290">[290]</a></p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The St. Louis School Board has added oral lessons in etiquette to -its course of studies. A few scholars read in turn five pages from -a manual of etiquette, and then a conversation is held on the topic -by teacher and pupils. We do not see why good manners are not as -essential as good grammar.</p> - -<p>So says the <cite>Congregationalist</cite>, and so says the <span class="smcap">American -Missionary</span>. In several of our Institutions at the South, a -small text-book on good manners is used with accompanying oral -lessons. Colored pupils take well to such instruction.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Chicago is the freest city in this country. There is no -discrimination except in brains and money. Every place is open to -the colored man. The schools of the city have white and colored -children on the same seats and in the same classes, and no -“kicking” is heard. But what is the strangest of all, there are -two colored ladies who teach schools composed of white as well as -colored.—<i>Ex.</i></p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>It is possible we may yet go to the negro to learn many things, -especially the virtues allied to, and growing out of, patience -under provocations, of which certainly he has been a wonderful -example. The editorial fraternity of the country would do well to -imitate the example of the colored brethren, who at the meeting -of the Colored National Press Association, recently held in -Louisville, disposed cheaply of what has hitherto been regarded -as the editors’ inestimable and inalienable right by resolving, -“That when differences arise among us, we will eschew vituperation -and personal abuse, and that the columns of our papers shall be -kept free from everything calculated to detract from the tone and -character of journalism.”</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The defense Roman Catholicism makes against Protestant ruffianism -varies according to environments; in Uganda it takes one form, in -the United States another; but it is good to see the necessity of -some form of it, as stated in one of the Roman Catholic journals -in Mexico as follows: “It is necessary that the Catholics rise -resolutely and make a rapid and voluntary movement in defense of -their belief. To-day, unfortunately, the Protestants come with -a subvention, and their teachings are extending throughout the -whole country. They circulate their writings at the lowest prices, -even give them away, sometimes in tracts, sometimes in papers, -which is the favorite method of sowing the bad seed; and, sad to -say, in exchange, the Catholic weeklies are dying off for lack -of subscribers to sustain them. Protestantism is becoming truly -alarming among us.”</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The colored Baptist churches of Virginia and South Carolina, -believing the time has come when they should go forth to the -millions of their fatherland with the Gospel, have sent out two -missionaries; and now the churches of Virginia unite in calling a -convention to meet at Montgomery, Ala., on the 24th of November. -This call is as broad as all the colored Baptist churches and other -religious bodies of the colored Baptists of the United States, -and is “for the purpose of eliciting, combining and directing the -energies of all the colored Baptists in one sacred effort for the -propagation of the Gospel in Africa.”</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_291" id="Page_291">[291]</a></p> - -<p>This may seem to some a somewhat narrow call, but it is for a -broad work—a work that shall yet elicit the energies of all our -Father’s children of whatever color and denomination, until the -dark continent shall be made glorious by the Sun of Righteousness.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Mohammedanism, whatever its affinity for Africa as it has been, and -its baleful power because of this, has no outlook for the future -of that sad, but soon to be made glad, continent. The <cite>Foreign -Missionary</cite> well says: “If we consider only the physical condition -of success, it must be allowed that Islam has an immense advantage -in its central position and its vicinage to the field to be won. -There is much also in the greater similarity of character between -the Moslem and the heathen tribes as compared with Europeans, whose -habits are so utterly different from those of all African tribes. -But on the other hand, the forces of Christianity have now well -nigh surrounded Africa, and are pushing through a hundred avenues -into the interior. Discovery, time, commerce and civilization, are -handmaids of the Gospel as they are not of Islam. That can only -endure the dim light which survives from a past age. It belongs to -an age which has passed away, and to a type of civilization which -is everywhere sinking into decay.”</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>JUBILEE SINGERS.</h3> - -<p>These singers of world-wide fame will once more enter the “service -of song” for Fisk University. They have devoted their wonderful -voices to its benefit for six years, during which they left their -marvelous impress on vast and select audiences in America, Great -Britain, and the Continent, including the highest and humblest -in rank, and have reared as their monument the substantial and -beautiful Jubilee Hall, at Fisk University. The past two years they -have taken for needed rest, and in giving concerts for their own -benefit; and in dedicating themselves to the up-building of the -University, it is now for endowment, as it was then for building.</p> - -<p>During all these years, their voices have been more and more highly -cultivated, without losing their freshness and originality, or -their power to move most deeply the hearts of vast audiences, as -was so signally manifested in the enthusiastic gatherings they met -recently at Chautauqua.</p> - -<p>The name and fame of these Singers have been repeatedly -appropriated by unworthy imitators. This true Jubilee Troupe, when -again heard, will need no credentials except their own voices to -certify to the public that they are the original Jubilee Singers.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Gen. Garfield heard the Jubilee Singers when he was at Chautauqua, -and closed his eloquent speech with this beautiful tribute:</p> - -<p>“I heard yesterday and last night the songs of those who were -lately redeemed from slavery, and I felt that there, too, was one -of the great triumphs of the republic. I believe in the efficiency -of forces that come down from the ages behind us; and I wondered -if the tropical sun had not distilled its sweetness, and if the -sorrows of centuries of slavery had not distilled its sadness, into -voices which were touchingly sweet—voices to sing the songs of -liberty as they sing them wherever they go.”</p> - -<p>In his speech responding to a serenade by the “Boys in Blue” in -this city, he expressed this noble sentiment in reference to our -colored fellow-citizens—a sentiment<a class="pagenum" name="Page_292" id="Page_292">[292]</a> which must become a fact -established beyond the possibility of successful assault before -there can be either peace or safety for the nation:</p> - -<p>“We will stand by them until the sun of liberty, fixed in the -firmament of our Constitution, shall shine with equal ray upon -every man, black or white, throughout the Union. Fellow-citizens, -fellow-soldiers, in this there is all the beneficence of eternal -justice, and by this we will stand forever.”</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - - -<p><i>Atlanta’s Colored People.</i>—Atlanta, and the world outside that -Chicago of the South, will doubtless be surprised to learn that her -colored people give in $250,000 of taxable property. There are over -six hundred who pay tax on values ranging between $100 and $1,000; -some forty ranging from $1,000 to $6,000 and over. In business -pursuits, there are 40 boot and shoe makers, 40 retail grocers, 75 -draymen, 25 hackmen, 20 blacksmiths, 12 barbers, 2 tailors, several -boarding-house keepers, 2 caterers, 5 confectioners, 3 dealers in -fruits, 1 dentist, 1 undertaker, 1 veterinary surgeon, 1 mattrass -maker, and 1 billiard-table keeper. Of bootblacks, newspaper -venders, porters, peddlers, drummers, messengers, hostlers, -waiters, and those engaged in mechanical pursuits, we have no -special data, for they are numerous.</p> - -<p>There are eighteen churches in the city, with an average -membership of 350, the three largest having each over 1,500. -Over 5,000 children and adults are in the Sabbath schools, and -1,278 children, about one-half in the public schools of the city. -There are three lodges of Good Templars among them, having a -total membership of about 200. Two lodges of Good Samaritans and -Daughters of Samaria have a membership of some 500. The Brothers -Aid Society number some 250, and the Brothers of Love and Charity -75. The Gospel Aid Society, Daughters of Bethel, and Daughters of -Jerusalem—benevolent institutions—number a total of about 600. -The Masonic lodge has some 50 members. There are lodges of Odd -Fellows whose combined membership exceeds 600. These institutions -have encouraged them to form habits of sobriety and economy, and -imbued them with feelings of charity and benevolence. There are -five military companies, and they show great proficiency in the -manual of arms.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>COMMON SENSE FOR COLORED MEN.</h3> - -<p>[The following letter with the above caption is from the New York -<cite>Evangelist</cite>, and was written by the Rev. Moses A. Hopkins, a -colored preacher of Franklinton, N.C. It contains so much truth, -and good, hard, common sense, that the <span class="smcap">Missionary</span> is -constrained to send it along. This is done with a slight but -emphatic caveat in regard to one paragraph, to which exception is -taken as misleading. To say “the pinching poverty which drove a few -idle and ignorant Freedmen to Indiana, Kansas, and Africa” does not -come up to the proportions, as the writer would imply that it does, -of a satisfactory explanation of this great movement which has -taken more than 40,000 colored people from their old to new homes, -at great expense, both of suffering and money.</p> - -<p>From Florence, Ala., many of the most intelligent and well-to-do -of these people exodized. Among those who went to Africa were many -intelligent and thrifty men, sufficiently so to send out an agent -and arrange for the movement, with means to place themselves in -their new home, and they were unanimous in assigning reasons which -justified them in the experiment.—<span class="smcap">Ed. Miss.</span>]</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_293" id="Page_293">[293]</a></p> - -<p>Many designing men, “filled to the brim” with sledge-hammer -rhetoric and campaign eloquence, for more than a decade have “used -sorcery and bewitched the colored people” with their “cunning -craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive,” till many of the -Freedmen thought that the time had fully come when the last should -be first and the first last, and were waiting and watching for -their turn in the White House and Congress.</p> - -<p>But having hoped against hope, till hope deferred and poverty had -saddened their hearts, most of them have turned their minds to -the soil, which now promises “seed to the sower and bread to the -eater.” On every hand “the valleys are covered over with corn,” -and God, the poor man’s Friend, has just granted the tillers of -the ground “a plentiful rain,” which causes “the outgoings of the -morning and evening to rejoice.”</p> - -<p>The present prospect of a bountiful harvest has greatly inspired -our people to labor and to appreciate honest toil, and to remember -that the great mass of the Freedmen will make better plowmen than -Presidents, and better sowers than Senators. The pinching poverty -which drove a few idle and ignorant Freedmen to Indiana, Kansas -and Africa, has taught those who had the good sense to stay at -home, that God will not bless idleness and ignorance among any -people. Most of the Freedmen have decided to buy land and labor on -it; to build houses and dwell in them, “and to plant gardens and -eat the fruit of them”; to seek the peace of the country and the -cities where God has caused them to be carried away captives; and -to remember that in the peace and prosperity of this country shall -they have peace.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>OUR SCHOOLS AND THE COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM.</h3> - -<p>The settlers of New England showed their uncommon common sense by -the early establishment of Harvard and Yale—the nursing mothers -of the common school system which has made these States what -they are. These colleges are not the ripened fruit of the common -schools, but the creators of them. For these colleges, we are -indebted to a class of men among the Pilgrim Fathers, educated in -the universities of the old world, a class not to be found among -the colored people of the South, and because of which alone, if for -no other reason, their condition differs immensely from that of the -Freedmen, who have no ability to create the instruments by which -they can be lifted up from the degraded condition in which slavery -left them.</p> - -<p>The deep-seated prejudice of the Southern white against the fact -of negro education, his bitter unwillingness to see the experiment -tried, coupled with his scornful incredulity that anything worth -the effort could be accomplished, made it certain that those -most deeply concerned, because of the new relation these people -sustained to them, in the elevation, through schools, of the negro, -would originate no efforts to this end. This gospel, like every -other, must be sent to those who are to be specially benefited by -it, and must be sustained, like all missionary enterprises, by -those who know its value, until it can vindicate itself to those to -whom it is sent.</p> - -<p>It is not rash to say that, but for outside pressure, few, if -any, of the Southern States would now have a system of common -schools, provided for by State legislation, even for the whites; -even less bold is the assertion that, but for the proved results -of missionary schools for the education of the colored people, -the South, and a large proportion of those in the North, would -be utterly incredulous as to<a class="pagenum" name="Page_294" id="Page_294">[294]</a> the possibility of making scholars -of the negroes; and that the common schools forced upon the -unwilling South by the constitutions formed by conventions in -which the Southern sentiment found no expression, would never have -gained favor as they have with the people, but for the trained -teachers which our schools and the schools of other societies have -furnished. As in New England, so in the South, the trained teacher -makes the schools, which are thus the children of the colleges and -normal schools.</p> - -<p>Wherever we have been able to send competent colored teachers, the -whites are in favor of sustaining the common school system; and it -may with modesty be said, that the A.M.A., perhaps more than any -other agency, has won for it a place in the future of these States, -ten of which, according to the latest reports, appropriate $49,829 -for normal instruction in colored schools, a large share of which -goes to institutions established by Northern charity, to carry on -a work the value of which had been fully proven by these schools -before these States contributed a dollar for such a purpose.</p> - -<p>In 1878, out of a total school population in the recent slave -States, including the District of Columbia, of 5,187,584, 2,711,096 -were enrolled, being nearly 62 per cent. of the whites, and -something more than 47 per cent. of the blacks. Nearly twelve -millions of dollars was expended upon the schools for that year, -and for the most part it has been very equitably divided between -the races, except in Kentucky and Delaware, in which States the -school tax collected from the colored people alone is appropriated -to colored schools.</p> - -<p>Thus the teachers of negro schools have fought a great fight, and -have won substantial victories, for a system of education which is -to regenerate the South, and, more than any other and all other -agencies, is to convert elements of danger, which, neglected, -would soon have proved the ruin of our republic, into elements of -strength and greatness.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>A NEW SOUTH, NOT A NEW ENGLAND IN THE SOUTH.</h3> - -<p>There is a general feeling outside of, and it is encouraging to -believe even in, the South, that a new state of things is desirable -for that section of the country. No one who has seen its homes, -schools, churches, industries (or want of them), its literature—in -short, whatever at once marks and constitutes its civilization, and -knows how meager and unworthy it is, but assents to the proposition -that the South needs to be regenerated, and heartily wishes that -“old things might pass away and all become new.” In one way or -another, New England has supplemented her earnest wish for it -with most earnest efforts to accomplish this regeneration. To say -nothing of legislative attempts by the Government, thousands of -missionaries, at an expense of millions of dollars, during the past -fifteen years, have, with great self-denial and laborious effort, -attempted the task, and the reports are abundant and uniform that -these efforts are beginning to have their effect. Old prejudices -are yielding; new industries and new institutions, the outcome -of new ideas, are springing up; society is changing, and the -country is beginning to put on a new aspect. Never before have the -societies and laborers engaged in this work been so cheered and -encouraged by the outlook.</p> - -<p>It may be well at this point to ask, toward what ideal we are -working, and fairly to consider the forces that are co-operating -with, or working against, us in this effort. The most potent factor -in the creation of a new South must be, of course, the South -itself, as of necessity she will be chiefly the architect of her -own fortunes, good or bad.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_295" id="Page_295">[295]</a></p> - -<p>It would be unwise, and the effort would prove futile, to attempt -its reconstruction by outside influences and agencies, in utter -disregard of the fact that to her belongs the right, and upon her -devolves the duty, as she alone possesses the power, of shaping -her own destiny. This being the case, it becomes evident that the -new South is not to be a New England in the South, and our Yankee -egotism should not measure the progress made in that section simply -by its observable approximation to Northern ideals. New England, as -it is, could not have been built except upon New England’s hills, -and we shall never see it in the cotton fields, rice swamps and -everglades of the sunny South.</p> - -<p>Other influences than those that are merely ethnic and moral help -to mold the character of a people, and to develop the industries -by which it shapes its civilization. We dare not think what the -result to our Republic would have been had the Mayflower found the -mouth of the Mississippi River instead of Plymouth harbor, and had -the Pilgrim Fathers settled on the savannahs of Louisiana instead -of the bleak hills of New England. The intelligent and thrifty -New England farmer, transplanted to Florida, may not, indeed, -degenerate into an everglade “cracker,” whose “strength is to sit -still” and chew tobacco; but he cannot be a New England farmer in -Florida, for the reason that he has neither the climate, soil nor -products of his old farm, and none of the conditions which partly -prompted, and partly compelled, the thrift which has characterized -the farmers of New England.</p> - -<p>New England has emptied itself, probably more than once, into -the West; she has sent her sons and daughters out into the great -prairies with the school-house and the church, and they have built -them homes hallowed and made beautiful by these influences, but -they have not reproduced Yankee New England, and they never can.</p> - -<p>In the new South, the ugly mud-daubed log huts will give place -to neat cottages; the school-houses will be multiplied until all -her children shall possess facilities for acquiring education; -churches, supplied with an educated ministry, will be accessible -to all inhabitants; roads will be built, over which it will be -possible to travel with comfort; the immense tracts of land -now impoverished and running to waste will be brought under -cultivation; a Christian conscience will displace a false code -of honor among the people as a rule of conduct, and methods more -civilized than the pistol and bowie-knife will be resorted to in -adjusting misunderstandings among neighbors. All this will be, and -of this there are evident tokens that it is now coming in. But the -wide diversity of soil and climate and other conditions of life, -the antipodal ideas which have shaped the character of the people, -the heterogeneous elements which more and more are entering into -the make-up of the population of the different sections—in short, -the necessities of the case, make it absolutely certain that New -England is to be confined to New England, and greatly modified even -there, and that the civilizations of the South and the West are to -be in many respects widely different, possessing characteristics -as marked, and doubtless as valuable, as those which have made -the influence of New England so beneficent upon the country at -large. It is wise, as it is also incumbent upon us, to supply the -educational influences which shall change the whole aspect of -Southern society, but foolish to undertake to cast it in the exact -form of that which we are proud to call New England.</p> -</div> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_296" id="Page_296">[296]</a></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>MTESA AND THE RELIGION OF HIS ANCESTORS.</h3> - -<p>In 1875, Stanley wrote in the <cite>London Telegraph</cite> of the wonderful -opening in Uganda, at the court and among the people of Mtesa, for -missionary effort. Within three days after the publication of his -letter, the Church Missionary Society received, from an unknown -giver, $25,000, which was soon increased by the same person to -$50,000, for opening a mission among the Waganda.</p> - -<p>The reception of the mission, which was soon sent out, was most -encouraging. The opposition of the Mohammedan Arabs, bitter as it -was, did not materially interfere with its prospects. The king -seemed intelligently alive to the fact that there was something, -at least, in a Christian <em>civilization</em> infinitely superior to -what was offered in Mohammedanism or heathenism. For a time, -everything progressed most encouragingly; the king and all his -people gave themselves assiduously to the new doctrines, and the -work of the mission was interrupted only temporarily by a suspicion -on the part of the king that the missionaries were emissaries of -the Khedive of Egypt, and were intriguing in his interest. This -jealousy was soon allayed, friendly relations were restored, and -the work was fully resumed, when there appeared upon the scene ten -Jesuit missionaries, sent out by the Archbishop of Algiers, with -instructions to occupy every station of the Protestant missionary -societies in the region of Victoria Nyanza and Tanganika, with the -intention of carrying the French language and influence into the -depths of Central Africa.</p> - -<p>Their coming endangered for a time the life of the mission, and -their settlement near the palace by the king proved to be a serious -obstacle to the prosecution of its work. They gladly bribed the -king with gifts of arms and ammunition, articles eagerly sought by -him, but refused by the Protestant missionaries. They immediately -assumed a most hostile attitude toward the mission; denounced -the missionaries as liars, and threw the king and court into the -greatest perplexity. “What am I to believe?” cried the king. -“Who is right? First, I was a heathen, then a Mohammedan, then a -Christian; now some more white men come and tell me these English -are liars. Perhaps if I follow them, other white men will come and -tell me these are liars also.”</p> - -<p>After a time, matters had settled down to comparative quiet. -The missionaries appealed to the word, which they were rapidly -teaching the people to read. King and people were learning with an -eagerness like that manifested by the Freedmen of the South after -the surrender. The king had the prayers written out in Arabic -characters, and ordered many copies, so that all might join in the -Sunday services; and such was the evident interest of all, that -neither the efforts of the Moslems, made after the fast of Ramadhan -last autumn, to have their creed introduced, nor the opposition of -the Jesuits, availed to hinder the work.</p> - -<p>But there was a danger greater than the joint opposition of Arab -and Frenchman, of Islam and Loyola, with their confederates of the -slave trade—an adversary more to be dreaded, because indigenous to -the country, not foreign, and entrenched more deeply and strongly -in the African nature than any possible influence by which he could -be swayed.</p> - -<p>Messrs. Mackay and Litchfield were in November last anxiously -awaiting the return of Mr. Felkin from England, whither he had gone -with the Uganda chiefs, being in sore need of more paper to meet -the demand made for printed cards and pages of the Scriptures. Mr. -Pearson was at Kagei, where he had gone to bring<a class="pagenum" name="Page_297" id="Page_297">[297]</a> some machinery -from that point to Rubaga. This he was not able to do and was -compelled to return without it. On arriving at Buganga his request -to be allowed to go on was refused, because Mokassa, one of the -Lubari of the Nyanza, had possession of a part of the lake, and no -one could pass over it. At the same time a number of half-caste -traders were kept waiting at Rubaga, not allowed to proceed to -Unyanyembe until this Neptune, god or devil of the lake should -return home. Messrs. Mackay and Litchfield heard from time to time -that the Lubare was expected at court to cure the king of his -sickness. One day they ventured to introduce the subject of his or -her (for in this case the Lubare is an old woman who personifies -the spirit or devil of the lake), coming. The king entered heartily -into the subject and translated to his chiefs all that was said by -the missionaries. They said to him, if Lubare is a god, then there -are two gods in Uganda—Jehovah and Mokassa. If he is a man, then -there are two kings in Uganda—Mtesa, who has given permission for -these traders to depart, and Mokassa, who has forbidden it.</p> - -<p>The next day, an order was sent for the traders to depart, and the -king proposed to his court that some cattle should be given to the -Lubare and she should be ordered to go back the way she came.</p> - -<p>Weeks passed, and it seemed doubtful whether the king would triumph -or the old chiefs and the king’s mother, who insisted that the -Lubare should have houses erected for her in the king’s inner -court. Mtesa himself said to Mr. Mackay, “I believe what you say is -true, and that every Lubare is a liar, and deceives the people only -to get food.”</p> - -<p>There was a gathering of the old chiefs, and the king was advised -by them that the missionaries had come to take possession of the -country, and were laboring to change its customs as a preliminary -step to conquering them altogether. Evidently the king was afraid -of the chiefs. The missionaries were at length summoned to court, -where were gathered the chiefs and a vast concourse of people. At -length the king announced the result of the council: “We shall now -have nothing more to do with either the Arabs’ or the white men’s -religion; but we shall return to the religion of our fathers.” -Every one assented with a simultaneous motion of hands. The next -day, the beating of drums announced the great procession which -accompanied the Mokassa to the palace.</p> - -<p>The pupils have all ceased to come to the mission; a time -of persecution is anticipated by those who have inclined to -Christianity; and everything looks dark for the mission, which -had been planted at great expense, with so much hope. It is -emphatically Satan’s hour of triumph; but we feel assured that the -hour of the Son of Man also draweth near, and this darkest is the -hour before the dawning of the day.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>BEGGING LETTER.</h3> - -<p>[We give a prominent place in our pages to Mrs. Chase’s letter, -hoping it may meet with speedy and abundant answers. These calls, -dear friends, are frequent, and they are urgent; but they are the -calls of our Divine Lord in the person of His poor children, that -we give them a fair chance to rise up from the degradation into -which they have been thrust, and in which wicked prejudice and -selfishness would keep them. We earnestly hope Mrs. C.’s experience -of ten years ago will be by as much more blessed in your responses, -as our encouragement in this work, and apprehensions of its value, -are enlarged.—<span class="smcap">Ed. Miss.</span>]</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_298" id="Page_298">[298]</a></p> - -<p class="right"><span class="smcap">Atlanta, Ga.</span></p> - -<p>Begging letters! How you hate them! so do we! How often have we -been deluded with the hope that there was to be no more need of -this unpleasant duty. Friends unexpectedly come to the rescue of -needy students. Often since 1869 large donations have set our -feet upon mountain tops when we had expected to remain years -in the valleys. But every little while we have to meet our old -bug-bear. After one year’s absence we had been back but a few -days when President Ware said, “These twenty-six new rooms are to -be furnished; you’ll write some letters for us, won’t you, Mrs. -Chase?” Now that means begging; but those of you who know anything -of the type of President Ware’s devotion to Atlanta University, -know that the only reply possible for his friends to make would be, -“Certainly, sir.” So here I am doing the thing you and I hate.</p> - -<p>This begging money to furnish rooms brings up so many memories, I -must ask you to indulge me in a few reminiscences.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Eleven years ago we had but one building—teachers, scholars, -sleeping-rooms, dining room, etc., all crowded into that one. -Enough furniture was sent from an abandoned school in Augusta to -make the teachers’ rooms comfortable. In the students’ rooms, a -barrel with a board on it did the double duty of washstand and -table. In the summer of 1870, a new building for young men was -well on its way. It was our first summer in Atlanta. Some one -suggested that it would be pleasant to have individual friends, -Sunday-schools and churches furnish the dormitories, and keep with -us a memento of their generosity by placing the donor’s name over -each door.</p> - -<p>How well I remember with what enthusiasm I sat down, ten years -ago, to write my first begging letter. I gazed then upon this same -charming view that I am feasting my eyes upon at this moment, and -drank in hope and courage from this wide north view, with the -strong old Kenesaw towering in the distance.</p> - -<p>Soon responses came. You little realize how much joy has -been brought to weary teachers on opening letters with a -twenty-five-dollar check for a room. One such occasional letter -compensated for many chilling ones, and lightened the weary hours -spent in timidly addressing this friend and that. Nearly all of -us turned beggars, and soon had the name of our home church or -Sunday-school, our native town or some dear friend, beaming down -upon us as we walked through the buildings. At length, every -student’s room became sacred to the memory of some faithful friend -of the Freedmen. Some donations came as thank-offerings for dear -ones restored to health. At the end of one corridor is a group of -four rooms where three are named for three sisters whose husbands -have all been engaged in Southern work, and the fourth bears -the name of their sainted grandfather, whose prayers and tears, -mingling with multitudes all over our land, doubtless hastened on -the glad day his eyes were never here permitted to see.</p> - -<p>In the wing of the young men’s building is a room furnished by -a gentleman who named it for a dear brother stricken down by -consumption when nearly through his studies, and who gave great -promise of usefulness. This gentleman has had a book-case placed in -that brother’s room, and sends frequent donations of books for the -use of the occupants of “Ferrier” room.</p> - -<p>An Andover schoolmate, an Abbott Academy girl, named a room for -her father, a devoted friend of the slave, and sends for its walls -pictures, brackets, etc. Abbott Academy, as a school, has furnished -a room in each building. One room is named for Dr. Gurley, of -Washington, Abraham Lincoln’s beloved pastor.<a class="pagenum" name="Page_299" id="Page_299">[299]</a> Just beside it -is “Alice Carey,” in memory of an only daughter, a precious bud -opening under brighter skies. Opposite is the name of the devoted -father.</p> - -<p>“Celeste,” my dearest companion in girlhood, though so angelic -then, speaks to me <em>now only</em> of her celestial home.</p> - -<p>“Little,” the young physician, brave soldier, and devoted husband -of another dear friend, reminds me of the sweet promise that the -darkness shall some time be made light.</p> - -<p>So each of the hundred rooms has some history, many doubtless very -precious to the donors, while unknown to us.</p> - -<p>I must write of one more name, “Clarke,” which always deeply moves -me. In 1862, our lamented E. P. Smith, whose earthly life went out -in the Dark Continent, was laboring with his efficient and devoted -wife in the hospitals of Nashville, Tenn., under the Christian -Commission. Their first-born and only son, Clarke, sickened and -died. Instead of leaving their post, heartbroken, they remained at -the side of those wounded and dying soldiers, enclosed the precious -dust in its little casket, and sent it to their dear Northern home.</p> - -<p>In 1870, without any personal appeal, but in response to a -letter in the <span class="smcap">Missionary</span>, soliciting aid in furnishing -rooms, came a precious note, calling down upon us and our work -benedictions, of which so many have felt the inspiration, and -closing with, “Please find enclosed $40 for a room in Atlanta -University; please name it Clarke.</p> - -<p class="center">Yours, for the Master,</p> -<p class="right smcap">E. P. Smith.”</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>This summer, through the generosity of R. R. Graves, a large -wing, which has been so much needed, is being added to the girls’ -building. $25 will buy a neat, plain set of furniture for each of -the rooms. I am sure there are some friends who will be glad to -know of this further opportunity of sending $25 and some dear name.</p> - -<p class="center">Yours very truly,</p> -<p class="right smcap">Mrs. T. N. Chase.</p> - -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>AFRICAN NOTES.</h3> - -<p>—<i>Lovedale</i>: <span class="smcap">The Missionary</span>, a few months since, gave -facts to substantiate the assertion that the Free Church’s -Industrial and Mission School at Lovedale was one of the busiest -in the world. A magnificent pile of new buildings, which will -cost £10,000, will soon meet the demand for enlargement which -has been most urgent. The old school buildings will still be -used, and these, with the new, the girl’s boarding-house, and the -shops required for the various trades, will form a collegiate -establishment of which Scotland may well be proud.</p> - -<p>Lovedale is the centre and source of healthful educational and -saving influences which are reaching out into a large portion of -Southern Africa—a true missionary centre. It has a large native -church under charge of a native pastor, who has studied the -Scriptures in their original language. A missionary association has -connected with it several Kaffir young men who preach in all the -kraals of the vicinity, and Evangelists who have carried the gospel -to Nyassa, and even to Tanganyika. It has also a literary society, -a training society, a Young Men’s Christian Association, and other -societies such as the best-working churches of this country find -necessary for best efficiency.</p> - -<p>—The Free Church of Scotland, since the death of Capt. Benzie, of -the <i>Ilala</i>, and of Mr. Gunn, last April, are making explorations -with a view to a removal of<a class="pagenum" name="Page_300" id="Page_300">[300]</a> their Station from Livingstonia to a -more healthful location. The probable site is Bandawi, midway on -the western shore of Nyassa, and contiguous to the promising tribes -of the Atonga and the Mangoni, who have reproached the missionaries -for not settling among them. The Royal Geographical Society has -published in its proceedings the letter of Mr. Stewart, the civil -engineer of the Mission, describing his explorations in search of -this site, with two maps showing his route on the western coast.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>—A Mission of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States -on the West Coast of Africa, at Cape Mount, among the Vey people, -has been commenced under the supervision of a young man of such -energy, talent and Christian spirit, as give promise of successful -prosecution.</p> - -<p>It will be remembered that the Veys are distinguished as the only -tribe on the continent of Africa which has invented an alphabet, -and a missionary of the Church Missionary Society has made a -grammar of their language. The natives are able to communicate with -each other by written letters of their own invention.</p> - -<p>Those interested in the evangelization of Africa will rejoice in -the establishment of this Mission, and will watch with unusual -interest its success among these, the most interesting of all the -tribes on the west African coast.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>—The success of the Belgian Exploration Company in the use of -elephants imported from Asia, for the transportation of its -baggage, has doubtless suggested the formation of a company at -Monrovia for the capture of native elephants for the same purpose. -Vice-President Warner is president of the company, and a hunter -of great experience is in charge of an expedition which has been -equipped and sent out for the purpose of capturing some of these -noble animals, and there is hope that they will prove so valuable -that they will be esteemed for more than their tusks, and their -wholesale slaughter will cease.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>—<i>Malugsy needle-work</i> is so superior to that of the English that -it does not pay to send to Madagascar made-up goods, as the natives -speak with contempt of the bad sewing, and insist that the cost of -picking it out shall be deducted from the price of such articles.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>—The London Missionary Society announces the safe arrival at -Zanzibar, on the 29th of May, of the Revs. A. J. Wookey and D. -Williams, with Dr. Palmer, on their way to the Central African -Mission.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>—<i>The Stanley Pool Expedition</i> of the Livingstone Island -Mission, under the leadership of Mr. Adam McCall, is supposed to -have reached the Congo about the 20th of April. The last tidings -were written within three days of landing, and were very favorable. -Donkeys and kroomen had been secured, and of the latter several -were warm-hearted native Christians, who will, it is hoped, render -good service as fellow-laborers in the Gospel.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>ITEMS FROM THE FIELD.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Marietta, Ga.</span>—On the Sabbath, June 6th, the new church, -which is also to be used as a school building, at Marietta, -Ga., was dedicated. The sermon, by Superintendent Roy, was upon -the rebuilding of the Temple by the ex-captives. A Presbyterian -minister from Pennsylvania being present, offered the prayer of -dedication. The house is 24×40 feet, well finished and painted, and -furnished with desks that answer the double purpose of church and -school use. The people<a class="pagenum" name="Page_301" id="Page_301">[301]</a> raised $200 toward the building. Prof. T. -N. Chase gave the people a Sunday supply, reporting his visit to -Africa. Two young business men in Illinois put each $25 into this -Christian investment.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p><span class="smcap">Talladega, Ala.</span>—The students are doing good service -during vacation, teaching in day and Sabbath Schools, and keeping -up with their studies so as not to fall behind if unable to return -at the beginning of the term. One who is teaching for the third -season at Hackneyville, Ala., has his sister, also a pupil from -this college, associated with him. At a recent picnic on the school -grounds, held for the purpose of creating an interest in education, -leading citizens, both white and black, made addresses.</p> - -<p>Swayne Hall, of which we have seen a fine photograph, is too good -a building to be allowed to rot down, as it is doing, for want of -$3,000 needed to save it and put it in proper shape for the most -efficient service. Will not some one save $15,000 to Talladega -College by sending his checque for $3,000?</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p><span class="smcap">Athens, Ala.</span>—The Trinity School at this place is going -forward with its new building. Last summer the colored people -by volunteer labor made and burned a kiln of 120,000 bricks, -and have made another this summer. If time is money, it takes a -great deal of it to do a work for which there is no money, but -under the inspiration of Miss M. F. Wells, who for a dozen years -has been principal of the school, and is the good angel of this -enterprise, the people are slowly but steadily moving forward to -its accomplishment.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p><span class="smcap">Lawson, Ala.</span>—Rev. Spencer Snell rejoices in some eighteen -hopeful conversions as the fruit of a series of meetings held in -August.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fisk University, Tenn.</span>—The Jubilee Singers at -Chautauqua have been attracting attention to this Institution, -and to themselves as cultivated persons, almost, it may be said, -irrespective of color. Their singing was one of the most fortunate -and popular features of the wonderful gathering at that famous -place.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p><span class="smcap">Paris, Texas.</span>—The Rev. J. W. Roberts, who is located at -Paris, Texas, an enterprising and growing city on the Texas and -Pacific Railroad, writes of a pleasant series of meetings resulting -in some ten additions to the two churches under his charge. He has -since been delivering a series of Biblical lectures which attracted -in members and pastors from other colored churches and a sprinkling -of white people. He is soon to be reinforced by Mr. S. B. White, -a graduate of the Normal Department in Talladega, who is to teach -the parish school. This church was organized in 1868 by a man who -at another place had his life sacrificed to the turbulence of those -times. He makes an appeal for a much needed communion service. If -some one of our churches has supplied itself with a new service, -its old one would be thankfully received; or if some one will -contribute a new one, it would be at once a graceful and grateful -thing to do.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p><span class="smcap">Helena, Texas.</span>—Rev. M. Thompson, on the first Sabbath of -August, had the joy of receiving to his church six persons who had -recently found the Saviour. The school in this place is now to be -taught by Miss Henderson, a graduate of the Normal Department of -Straight University.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p><span class="smcap">Austin, Texas.</span>—The Tillotson Collegiate and Normal -Institute at Austin, Texas, has been built during the year. -Including the basement above ground and the mansard roof, it has -five stories and is a commodious and comely structure, crowning one -of the finest sites about that beautiful city in the valley of the -Colorado.</p> -</div> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_302" id="Page_302">[302]</a></p> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h2>THE FREEDMEN.</h2> - -<p class="secauth">REV. JOS. E. ROY, D.D.,</p> - -<p class="secauth">FIELD SUPERINTENDENT, ATLANTA, GA.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>COLORED CADETSHIP.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">REV. L. C. LOCKWOOD</p> - -<p>[In giving the following letter it will, of course, be understood -that neither the A. M. A. nor Gen. Armstrong, nor even the Editor, -is committed to the plan suggested. Whether it is policy for the -friends of the negro to take up the gauntlet and cross swords in -his behalf on all occasions, or to possess their souls in patience -while they quietly wait for old prejudices to die, and a more -Christian spirit to prevail, may be a doubtful question.</p> - -<p>Whether it would be advisable, even if the plan of a military -school for colored boys were adopted, to engraft it upon Hampton, -or upon any of our present schools, should be thoroughly weighed -before decision. But we are glad to hear what Mr. Lockwood, who -established our first Freedmen’s School at Hampton, has to say, -and print his letter not alone for the interesting anecdote of -our lamented Lincoln, but also as suggestive of thought on this -important subject.—<span class="smcap">Ed. Missionary.</span>]</p> - -<p>As the first missionary among the Freedmen (then refugees), at -Hampton and Fortress Monroe, Va., in 1861–2; I take a great -interest in the problem of colored cadetship.</p> - -<p>After the persecution to which these cadets have been subjected -at West Point, I think wisdom dictates the wide circulation of -a petition to Congress, to have a National Military Academy -established in connection with the Hampton Institute, under the -Presidency of General Armstrong, who has already given that -Institute a national reputation. Would not this peaceful way of -bringing about the desired end be better than to battle with West -Point? In illustration, I offer an unpublished fact that showed -Lincoln’s common sense. After his proclamation about the arming of -colored troops in 1862, I went to Washington, and in company with -Senator Pomeroy, informed the President that the colored people of -Hampton were ready to enlist. His memorable reply was: “Yes, but -Fortress Monroe is not ready. Pennsylvania is not ready. New York -is not ready. The Country is not ready. My proclamation meant this -much and no more: Gov. Andrews, of Massachusetts, wishes to arm the -Yankee negro; Generals Hunter and Saxton wish to arm a few South -Carolina negroes to occupy a post, and relieve the soldiers for -active duty. Let them do it. But the rest must bide their time. -Please leave your statement with the Secretary of War, and when we -are ready we will let you know.” This “making haste slowly” was -what brought us through that tug of war, and I would recommend the -same common sense in reference to the cadetship. And I hope some -influential friend of the cause will second my suggestion, and -leave West Point alone in its unenviable glory.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>M’LEANSVILLE, N. C.</h3> - -<p class="center">Revival Interest.</p> - -<p class="secauth">REV. A. CONNET</p> - -<p>Our revival commenced on the Sabbath, August 15. That night there -were four or five inquirers. Monday the interest increased, and -Monday night there were thirty inquirers. Tuesday there were twelve -or fifteen conversions. Tuesday night, 28 or 30 inquirers and -three or four conversions. The number of inquirers continued to -be from ten to twenty till the close of the meetings. The whole -number of conversions was about 25. The congregation<a class="pagenum" name="Page_303" id="Page_303">[303]</a> on the -15th was the largest, we are told, that it has ever been. Only -about two-thirds of the people could get into the church, even -by the closest packing. Sunday, the 22d, between the sermon in -the forenoon and communion in the afternoon, we examined 23 new -candidates for membership, one to be restored and two for renewing -their covenants. In the afternoon they were publicly received, and -more than half of them baptized. I also baptized two infants. The -communion was then administered to a large number of communicants. -The house was full, forenoon and afternoon. One man, 56 years old, -and his wife as old, or a little older, walked ten miles Sunday -morning to attend the communion. Another man walked ten miles, -or over, to the meeting, both the 15th and the 22d. Three of our -pupils came about 35 or 40 miles to the meeting, by rail; another, -a young woman, came by private conveyance 20 miles; and another, a -young man, walked 12 miles, and came forward as an inquirer. Four -of the converts were members of my daughter’s Sunday-school class, -a number of them were members of my class, and nearly all young -people and members of our school. Two are married men. One young -woman came to us by letter from the Methodist Episcopal church.</p> - -<p>It was truly a season of refreshing from the Lord. The people held -a prayer-meeting Sabbath night, the 22d. We were too tired to go -out. We were told that all the non-professors in the congregation -(and the house was full), except three or four, came forward for -prayer.</p> - -<p>More than a dozen bade us good-by at the depot. Seven girls walked -three miles to bid us good-by. We were greatly rejoiced that Miss -Douglass was with us to share in our labors and in our joys. Some -of the converts are among our brightest and most advanced scholars.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>SOUTH CAROLINA.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">MR J. D. BACKENSTOSE.</p> - -<p>During my recent vacation (spent in the State of New York) the -question most frequently asked me was, “Are the Freedmen as anxious -to obtain an education, as they were when schools for them were -first opened?”</p> - -<p>I have answered these inquiries by relating some of my experience, -and fearing lest Christians at the North have the impression that -they are less eager, and so are becoming weary in aiding these poor -people in their struggles for an education, I now relate it for the -benefit of the readers of the <span class="smcap">Missionary</span>.</p> - -<p>In the fall of ’73, two young men from distant part of the county -came to our Institute at Greenwood, S. C., and asked permission -to occupy a vacant room in the building and cook their own meals -while they attended the Institute. I consented, and assisted them -in furnishing the room. From the wood-shed we procured lumber for a -bedstead and table, had boxes for chairs, and newspapers for window -shades. They were delighted with this, and immediately wrote to -their friends that there were excellent accommodations for boarders -at Brewer Institute, and before the winter had fairly set in, there -were nineteen men living in that room, which measured only 30×32.</p> - -<p>Another raid was made on the wood-shed, and three more bedsteads -hastily built after the pattern of the first, and on these four -bedsteads the nineteen men slept four months. Part of them would -retire at an early hour and sleep till midnight, then arise and -let the others take their places. While some were sleeping, the -others were cooking and preparing their lessons for the next day, -in the same room. During all this time, I never heard a complaining -word from them. Our rooms are now neatly furnished for students, -and we have recently built a good frame house which is also well -furnished. We have accommodations<a class="pagenum" name="Page_304" id="Page_304">[304]</a> for only twenty students, and -yet during a part of the past winter we had thirty-three crowded in -these rooms, and even then they were unwilling that I should say we -were full and could accommodate no more.</p> - -<p>So eager are they for an education, that they are willing to live -for a time on corn meal, bacon, and molasses. The former they mix -with cold water, minus the eggs and butter, and, after baking, eat -it with their meat, gravy, or molasses. This three times a day and -seven days in a week. Tea and coffee are never on their bill of -fare.</p> - -<p>The home of two of these men was fourteen miles distant, and once -in two weeks they would walk there on Friday afternoon and return -on Sunday night, bringing on their shoulders provisions to last -them till they should go again.</p> - -<p>A young man, a Baptist minister, who was obliged to leave school a -few weeks before the close of the term, walked sixty miles in order -to be examined with his class at the close of the term.</p> - -<p>Could ever a people be more anxious to obtain an education than -these are now? Twenty-three of those who have lived and struggled -in this way to obtain an education are now engaged in teaching, -and have under their care over thirteen hundred pupils. We have -a beautiful school building well furnished with everything but a -cabinet organ, and we believe that God will put it in the heart of -some good friend to send us that.</p> - -<p>A lively interest is constantly and in various ways manifested by -the people, and everything gives promise of abundant fruit in the -future. If our highest hopes have not already been realized, we -thank God for the progress made. May He put it into the hearts of -the benefactors of this race to add to their gifts and prayers, -until not only twenty-three, but ten times that number shall go out -from Brewer Normal Institute, as competent instructors of thousands -of their brethren now ignorant and despised.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>GEORGIA.</h3> - -<h4>Anniversary of Midway Church.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">REV. FLOYD SNELSON, M’INTOSH, LIBERTY CO.</p> - -<p>Last Sabbath was a day of great interest to us as a church. It was -our regular communion season, and in addition to that, we observed -our anniversary for the first time, though it is six years since we -organized. The other branch of the old Midway church that formed -itself into a Presbyterian body, came over with its pastor, Rev. -J. T. H. Waite, to share the enjoyment of the occasion with us. We -find, in reviewing our history, that, including those who formed -the original church, 337 persons have connected themselves with -it; ten have been dismissed, fifteen have been excommunicated, -and twenty-eight have gone to their eternal home; leaving 284 to -continue the Christian warfare. It is true that a great many of -our members occupy the two extremes in life, and are very old or -very young, and consequently bring no pecuniary strength to the -church. Still there is a benefit derived from both which is of -infinitely greater value than mere money, though we poor mortals -are in many instances unable to see it. Especially is this the -case when our eyes are both bent on self. However, the young will -certainly prove, in due time, a help to the church also in the -way of material support. Our church edifice is still unfinished, -and as there are no means of heating it it is an uncomfortable -place for service during the winter. Notwithstanding the failure -of crops from the drought this year, my people have resolved to do -everything they can toward completing it. Will some friend come to -our aid? “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; -and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”</p> -</div> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_305" id="Page_305">[305]</a></p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h4>Atlanta University—An Encouraging Precedent.</h4> - -<p>The Atlanta University, at Atlanta, Ga., was one of the earliest -educational institutions in this country to adopt as a text-book -Dr. Richardson’s “Temperance Lesson Book,” published by the -National Temperance Society. Among the recent commencement -exercises of the University was a thorough examination in -this admirable text-book concerning alcohol. A New England -correspondent, who was present and listened to the examination, was -much gratified with it. In thus leading the way in giving to its -students thorough scientific instruction concerning alcohol, the -Atlanta University merits the warmest commendation from all friends -of temperance. It furnishes a most valuable precedent which we hope -may ere long be followed by all our colleges and universities, as -well as academies and public schools.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Our correspondent writes:</p> - -<p>“I spent most of the time in the temperance examination. They use -Dr. Richardson’s text-book, and the students showed that they had -been thoroughly drilled in it. Isn’t it a very admirable thing for -this book to be used in that place? There are nearly three hundred -students, and they all study it at some time; and with scarcely an -exception these students go out into the by-ways and hedges of this -and other States to teach the colored children. They teach through -the vacations to earn money for the next term. Think what a leaven -this is to work among the poor, ignorant creatures. They estimate -that the University students reach ten thousand children during the -year. I attended the graduating exercises and thoroughly enjoyed -them. The essays and orations were excellent. The speaking was -really eloquent. One blind-folded would never have guessed that he -was listening to black students, all of whose parents were slaves -only seventeen years ago. Mayor Calhoun and one of the ex-Governors -were present.”</p> - -<p>The National Temperance Society has just received the sum of -seventy dollars from this Institution, money collected by its -students for temperance work, and we have forwarded a large case of -books, tracts and pamphlets for distribution throughout the South -during the summer vacation.—<cite>From National Temperance Advocate.</cite></p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>ALABAMA.</h3> - -<h4>Good Vacation Work.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">REV. J. D. SMITH, SHELBY IRON WORKS.</p> - -<p>We have just had a refreshing time here in our church from the -good Lord. Shortly after that class of eight young men graduated -from the Theological Department of Talladega College, Bros. -Cantry, Strong and Y. B. Sims, all members of my church, came -down to spend a few days at their homes with their relatives and -friends before going to their fields of labor. Each of them did -some faithful preaching for several evenings. It seemed at first -as though we were not going to have any success, but I continued -the meetings after the brethren left us, and the Lord gave us some -nine or ten conversions as the result of our labors. We received -ten new members into the church last night. It was one of the most -interesting occasions we have ever had here. The meetings were -very quiet indeed; no excitement. They were all converted through -the simple preaching of the Gospel and the quiet persuasion of the -spirit of Christ. There was not as much fervor among the brethren -as I like to see; the Lord did the work, nevertheless, and we give -all the glory to Him.</p> - -<p>Most of the members who united with us last night were heads of -families, and all of them were adults. Our church is gathering in -the best material in the place. The members of the other<a class="pagenum" name="Page_306" id="Page_306">[306]</a> churches -say their ministers do not feed them, and they must seek for better -pastures. Our church has a brighter outlook than ever before.</p> - -<p>The Sunday-school is in a flourishing condition. The Lord is -building up His Zion here. Pray for us, that we may still be -refreshed from Heaven.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h4>Outside Work.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">REV. W. H. MOORE, FLORENCE.</p> - -<p>This has been a busy week with me, and I trust one of good to our -cause, in removing false impressions, &c. I have come in contact -with the masses of the people; we like each other well. Last -Wednesday night I preached at Oak Grove A. M. E. Church. As we -approached the meeting house, our ears were greeted with a volume -of song, and the woods re-echoed with such weird strains as only -our people in their unlettered state can produce. The surrounding -grove was filled with horses and mules hitched to the trees. The -church was packed; all seats were filled, pulpit filled, windows -crowded, standing room taken, doors filled, and large numbers out -of doors. There were all kinds and conditions present, from the -ebony hue to the pearly white, from the infant in its mother’s lap -to the octogenarian; women and men sat round the floor of the rude -pulpit, and just left standing room for me to speak.</p> - -<p>The thought of their ignorance and superstition, and the fact -that fifty or more of their number were seeking the Saviour, -fired my heart and mind. I preached from Matt. vi., 33, and they -listened with rapt attention, while I spoke as I only could under -the inspiration of such an audience and the presence of the Holy -Spirit. More than twenty have decided for Christ since the Sabbath.</p> - -<p>On my return to town, I gave a lecture on Labor—the dignity of -labor, and that labor should be duly rewarded. The meeting had been -well advertised and worked up by friends, so there was a good turn -out, especially of working-men and women.</p> - -<p>I think I begin to see the dawn of a bright day for our cause -here. To-morrow afternoon I preach a sermon to children. It is -to be our S. S. Centenary (Raikes’?) Celebration. The church -will be decorated with evergreen and flowers. I shall give each -one a beautiful card, a present from the Muskegon, Mich., S. S. -That Sunday-school and the “Little Ones of the Bird’s Nest” of -Kalamazoo, Mich., have sent us a lot of beautiful papers and cards -as a memento of the day.</p> - -<p>I have had the pleasure of carrying the word of life to the aged, -infirm, and sick who cannot attend church often. I receive more -comfort, I think, than I give. It did do my heart good to see a -dear old aged and infirm lady rejoice and weep that she had the -word brought to her. I shall see this class of God’s poor as often -as I can. I do enjoy the pastoral and pulpit work; would that I -might do it better. It is my only ambition to become a faithful and -successful minister of Jesus Christ.</p> - -<p>To-day Mr. Alex. Jones, Sr., and I attended a large country -gathering ten miles west of Florence. The crops are unusually large -this year. We noticed on our way large farms of golden corn and -fields of blooming cotton, which will soon be changed into snowy -whiteness. This is a holiday with the farmers, who have laid by -their crops and are now hopefully awaiting the harvest time. They -have an annual picnic at Bethlehem Church. Two hours of the morning -and two of the afternoon are devoted to speeches. The audience -was large and appreciative. I spoke an hour, and received several -“Amens,” “That’s so,” and “Tell it, brother.” Then followed the -hand-shaking, good words, &c., when I had finished. I enjoyed it -royally, and trust I did some good.</p> -</div> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_307" id="Page_307">[307]</a></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>MISSISSIPPI.</h3> - -<h4>Tougaloo University—Its Location, Work, Equipments, Success and -Needs.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">REV. G. STANLEY POPE.</p> - -<p>The immediate surroundings of Tougaloo University are, perhaps, -the most beautiful of any of our schools. At the same time it has -seemed for the past three years to be a very healthful location. -The school has been unusually full during the past year, and -the work in the school-room has been most thorough. I have had -associated with me a very competent and willing corps of workers. -Their work has been every thing I could ask for. We attempt to give -only a thorough, practical <em>Normal</em> training in our school, feeling -that this meets the present necessities of the colored people of -our State. We are willing to take the rough stone from the quarry -and put on the heavy, telling strokes of the <em>builder</em>, and leave -the more artistic strokes of the sculptor to be given by some of -our sister institutions. A peculiar and interesting feature of our -school-room work is the study of the Bible in the class-room. This -is done to give a special preparation for Sunday-school work.</p> - -<p>We have sufficient apparatus for illustrating physics, but beyond -this we are poorly supplied with school-room conveniencies. We have -but a limited supply of models, maps and charts, while our library -consists mostly of Congressional documents.</p> - -<p>A peculiar feature of the work at Tougaloo is the training given -the students in gardening, farming, stock-raising and housework. -Already the shipment of strawberries to the Chicago market is -proving a rich remuneration to student labor. Our clover field is -a wonder to the students and neighboring planters, and our fine -blooded cattle not much less of a surprise. These industries are -opening up new avenues of livelihood as well as usefulness to our -students. Many of our young women have been but field hands, so -that the work about the house and in the sewing room is a new kind -of labor to them.</p> - -<p>We have been able to do nothing, comparatively, in the church work. -No churches have been organized as the outgrowth of our school. -There are communities ripe for such work if we only had the means -to carry it on. There are points along the lines of railroad that -could be supplied by students if we only had a theological class to -put to work in organizing and carrying on church work. We have not -neglected the Sunday-school work because we have not been able to -do all that we have wanted, but have visited schools and held some -conventions. The influence of these conventions is being felt in -the surrounding country.</p> - -<p>The exodus affects our school but little thus far. The effect of -the movement upon the colored people themselves has not been such -as to warrant us in encouraging it in any way. Many of the patrons -of our school have secured small farms and are in a way to give -their families a fair education. Our school is becoming more widely -known and its influence more powerfully felt. Parents came two -hundred miles to see their sons graduate last June. Applications -have been crowding in upon us for accommodations next year.</p> - -<p>Our buildings are far from supplying our necessities. We have -comfortable accommodations for sixty-four boarders, and some of -the time we have had one hundred and eight. We have unfinished -and merely temporary rooms for thirty others, but instead of one -hundred boarders we ought to have two hundred, and might readily -have if we but had rooms.</p> - -<p>During the year we had a most precious revival, embracing nearly -all in our normal and preparatory departments. Our work seems -limited only by the lack of means to furnish room for those -desirous of coming.</p> -</div> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_308" id="Page_308">[308]</a></p> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<h2>THE INDIANS.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>S’KOKOMISH AGENCY—FIELD AND WORK.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">REV. MYRON EELLS.</p> - -<p>I propose to give some idea of the extent and character of my -“parish,” and of the kind of work we are attempting to do.</p> - -<p>1st. In the S’kokomish Reservation. Here are seven English-speaking -families, and a school of from twenty-five to thirty scholars -at the Agency, and about two hundred Indians in the vicinity. -Besides pastoral work, I hold a service every Sabbath morning in -Indian. Once a month, in the absence of the pastor, one of the lay -members of the church takes his place. This congregation averages -seventy. In the afternoon, the Agent and employees carry on the -Sabbath-school with an average attendance of fifty-eight. Twice -a month I preach in the evening in English to a congregation of -employees and scholars, which averages about thirty-five. On -Thursday evening the regular church prayer meeting is held, at -which the male members take their turns in leading. Occasionally I -meet the school-children and apprentices, generally once in a week -or so, for some kind of an informal meeting.</p> - -<p>2d. Three miles from the Agency is a small place, Union City, -consisting of a store, hotel, saloon and five families, and a -number of transient loggers. I can give them one evening a month -without neglecting regular duties. The average attendance is about -twenty-five on public worship and eighteen on Sabbath-school, the -latter of which the ladies of the place keep up most of the time -when I am not present.</p> - -<p>3d. Thirty miles North is Seabeck, a saw-mill town of two or three -hundred people, where I have charge of a small church organized -last May. I generally visit them about once a month. There is a -Sabbath-school which the church sustains for the Indians, about -thirty of whom live there, gaining their support mainly by work in -the mill—two of them being members of our church.</p> - -<p>4th. Twenty miles further on is Port Gamble, a large milling town, -which has a minister of its own, but near it are about a hundred -Indians who belong to our Agency, most of whom are Catholics, but -who receive me cordially when I go there, two or three times a year.</p> - -<p>5th. Forty miles still further is Dunginess, a flourishing Indian -colony, named Jamestown, which is the centre of an Indian -population of about one hundred and forty. I generally visit them -twice a year. Six of our church members live here; they have a -small church built by themselves, a day school, and I also preach -to them sometimes. They sustain a weekly prayer meeting most of the -time, the only one in the county which has a white population of -over six hundred, and they likewise have the only church building -in this county, organized twenty-six years ago.</p> - -<p>6th. Six miles from Jamestown is Sequim, a village of about forty -Indians, most of whom are aged and infirm. These are tributary to -Jamestown, sending their children to that school, some of whom -travel the whole distance twice each school day, and also on the -Sabbath.</p> - -<p>7th. Between Port Gamble and Jamestown is Port Discovery, another -saw-mill town, where nearly forty Indians make their home, whom -I generally call to see on my journeys; but so much whisky is -sold near them that it has been almost impossible to stop their -drinking; they also live in a somewhat scattered condition, which -makes it difficult to make any permanent religious impression on -them.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_309" id="Page_309">[309]</a></p> - -<p>8th. Once a year I calculate to go still farther; and twenty miles -beyond Jamestown is Port Angelos, with about thirty nominal Indian -residents. But few of them are settlers, and like those of Port -Discovery they are diminishing.</p> - -<p>9th. Seven miles further is Elkwa, with about seventy Indians. -It has been the home of one of the most influential bands in -years past, but owing to the fact that there have been but few -white settlers from whom the Indians could obtain work, they -have hitherto done very little about cultivating the soil for -themselves; and as they could easily go across the straits to -Victoria in British Columbia, where there is but little restraint -in regard to their procuring whisky, because they are American -Indians, they have been steadily losing in influence and numbers. -Four families of them have “homesteaded” land, however, and others, -moved by their example and success, are taking the preparatory -steps to secure homes; but being scattered, and most of them back -from the water, as it is now impossible to homestead good land on -the beach, they will lose the benefits of school and church in a -great measure; but still the old way of herding together will be -broken up, and they will obtain more of their living from civilized -pursuits.</p> - -<p>10th. Thirty miles still further is Clallam Bay, the limit of the -Indians belonging to our reservation, the home of some seventy -more. Within a year they have bought about a hundred and sixty -acres of land, and propose to follow somewhat the plan of the -Jamestown Indians. This place promises to be an important point, -as it is near a salmon cannery, and in the catching of salmon they -are at home; it is also the nearest station of the tribe to the sea -fisheries of the northwest coast of the Territory, by far the most -lucrative business, in its season, which the Indians can follow.</p> - -<p>Then there is call for work among the whites. In Clallam county, -with its more than six hundred inhabitants, there is no resident -minister, and I am repeatedly asked to preach to them, but can only -give them a sermon during some hours of the Sabbath when I am not -talking to Indians. In Mason county, here I live, with six hundred -more people, I am the only resident minister, and call after call -comes which I cannot in justice to the work of the A. M. A., -answer; but I shall try shortly to give them a fifth Sabbath in the -month.</p> - -<p>Fourteen miles from Seabeck is another settlement where there has -never been a sermon preached in the fifteen years of its existence, -and four times, one young man, not a Christian, has asked me to -go there, even offering to carry me over fifty miles in his boat. -These are small places, with scattered people, and probably small -congregations, yet it is hard to resist their appeals. If there -were two Sabbaths every week I sometimes think I could manage the -field better.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>Sisseton Agency, D. T.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">CHARLES CRISSEY, U. S. IND. AGT.</p> - -<p>This Agency has been established about ten years; the people are -Wahpeton and Sisseton Sioux Indians; some were in the outbreak of -1862–3 as hostiles, but a large per cent, as friendly Indians. Most -of them wore the Indian dress of cloth and skins, and lived in -tepees.</p> - -<p>They now dress entirely in citizen’s clothing, and live in -log-houses, some with shingled roofs and board floors; most of -them with dirt roofs and floors. The number of houses built of -logs is 220, and 15 frame. There are five organized churches with -a membership of 416 Indians and ten whites. Two of the churches -are building new frame buildings, 28 × 50 ft. and 20 × 30 ft., -respectively.</p> - -<p>There are about 4,025 acres under cultivation; there was broken of -new<a class="pagenum" name="Page_310" id="Page_310">[310]</a> ground during the spring, 1,055 acres. There was raised last -year about 17,000 bushels of wheat and oats, with a little barley. -The estimated crop this year will be 25,000 bushels. The Indians -have bought without Government aid, during the last three seasons, -16 reapers, 8 fanning-mills, and 4 sulky horse-rakes; one has -purchased a self-binder.</p> - -<p>Many of them are able to do such work as an ordinary carpenter or -blacksmith does. We have built three frame houses and have two -more nearly completed. I depend on Indians as help in running our -threshing machines, engines at our at steam-mills, caring for our -horses, and have employed no extra white help, other than one white -man to oversee each department, since April 1st, 1879.</p> - -<p>The largest crop raised by any one Indian last year, was 573 -bushels of wheat and oats, two others raising nearly as much. We -have threshed for one only this season, and he had 1,500 bushels -of oats. We have distributed to those who have never been supplied -with teams previous to June last, to work with, 95 yoke of work -cattle, with plows, yokes, chains, harrows, etc. The only way they -had to supply themselves previous to June last, was by yoking the -beef cattle and using them, thus depriving themselves of fresh -beef; and when an Indian does that, it is a good sign that he is -well on the road to civilization.</p> - -<p>There are three schools, two Government and one mission; 7 -teachers, five Government and two mission.</p> - -<p>The number of scholars attending one month or more during the year -is 104; number attending boarding schools, 78; number attending -day school, 26; number of months which school has been maintained -during the year, 10; average attendance during that time, 81. -Largest average attendance during any one month, 100; about 25 -of the 78 boarding scholars attended the mission school, the -Government furnishing the same with most of the clothing and -rations; both Government and Mission Boarding schools have been -well maintained and successfully managed, the scholars showing -marked improvement during the past year, and the parents much more -interest than ever before.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h2>THE CHINESE.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.”</h3> - -<p class="section">Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association.</p> - -<p class="medium"><span class="smcap">President</span>: Rev. J. K. McLean, D.D. -<span class="smcap">Vice-Presidents</span>: Rev. A. L. Stone, D.D., Thomas C. -Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon. F. F. Low, Rev. I. E. -Dwinell, D.D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S. H. Willey, D.D., Edward -P. Flint, Esq., Rev J. W. Hough, D.D., Jacob. S. Taber, Esq.</p> - -<p class="medium"><span class="smcap">Directors</span>: Rev. George Mooar, D.D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer, -Rev. E. P. Baker, James M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, Rev. -John Kimball, E. P. Sanford, Esq.</p> - -<p class="medium"><span class="smcap">Secretary</span>: Rev. W. C. Pond. <span class="smcap">Treasurer</span>: E. Palache, -Esq.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>SERMON BY JEE GAM.</h3> - -<p>[The <span class="smcap">Missionary</span> of last month contained sermons by two of -our Chinese helpers of the California mission, with a promise of -one this month from Jee Gam.</p> - -<p>These come to us, unrevised, in the handwriting of their authors, -which, for beauty and legibility, excites the wish that all our -correspondents were converted Chinamen. These sermons give, as -perhaps in no other way open to our readers, an idea of what can -be done in this work of imparting spiritual truth to this class of -heathen minds, and the adaptation of these men to be its heralds to -their own people. Lack of room compels the omission of the first -part of the sermon, in which is answered the question, “What is -this faith?” Our extract<a class="pagenum" name="Page_311" id="Page_311">[311]</a> begins with the account of Moses’ faith, -under the second head, “What has faith done?”—<span class="smcap">Ed. Miss.</span>]</p> - -<p>Heb. 10:38. “Now the just shall live by faith.” 2d. What has this -faith done?</p> - -<p>By faith Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. -In a worldly sense, one may say he was the most foolish man in the -world; for if he had remained and accepted the offer he would have -been King of Egypt, as Pharaoh had no son. He would have had great -power; he would have lived in the finest palace of Egypt; he would -have had all the riches, comfort, pleasure, honor and glory he -chose to have; but by faith he saw and knew all these were things -which would vanish away like vapor. Besides these, I venture to say -that Moses must have been utterly disgusted with the idolatry of -that people. He knew in his own conscience that it was wrong and -against God to worship any idol, bull, cow, or cat, all of which -were gods in Egypt. On the other hand he knew that the Lord was -his God, and that he has millions of times more riches and honor -than Pharaoh had. So he regarded not the low station of being a -Hebrew; neither cared he for being poor, despised, oppressed and -persecuted, for he counted all these trials as nothing compared -with the blessings of God which were to come. At any rate, he -preferred and did choose to be on the side of God, rather than on -the side of the Egyptians. By faith he wrought many wonders in -Egypt; by faith he led his people across the Red Sea; by faith the -many battles were fought and won on the way to Canaan. By faith -Daniel prayed continually three times a day when he knew that there -had been a decree against him; yet he cared not for the consequence -of violating that law. He knew that it was far better and more -important to obey the commands of his God than the corrupt decree -of the King, even if he should be cast into the den and torn to -pieces by the terrible beasts.</p> - -<p>And now let us come down to a later period, and see how by faith -the disciples of Christ worked many miracles. Still later we find -that Luther by faith broke away from the monastery and preached -Christ as he then thought He ought to be preached, not fearing any -dangers that were to come. When he was summoned by the Council at -Worms to answer its charges, he said to his friends, “I will go -to Worms, if there are as many devils as there are tiles.” And -by faith he was protected and saved. And now look at the present -century, and see what the faith of Christian people has done for -Japan and China. Fifty years ago, I believe, there was not a -single Protestant Chinese Christian in that vast empire; but just -see how many there are now—over thirteen thousand, besides the -many thousands who have been Christianized abroad. And by faith I -venture to say right here that, China will, before long, become a -Christian country, and rank high when compared with all her sister -nations.</p> - -<p>3d. Can every man have this faith, be he white, black, red or -yellow? Yes. The beggar can have it as well as the king. The poor -can have it as well as the rich; and the negro, the Indian and the -Chinaman.</p> - -<p>4th. Of what benefit is it? It makes us see our own sinfulness -and weakness. It tells us to look to God for forgiveness and for -strength. It assures us that our sins have been pardoned, and the -promises of God make us sure of our reward in Heaven. It makes us -have more confidence in God and in His Son Jesus. It gives us hope -that we shall see not only God, but all who have had this faith -and are now in heaven. It gives us patience, peace, hope, comfort, -joy and anxiety of heart to do God’s will, and to lead people to -Christ. Without faith we cannot please God, nor can we go to him in -prayer. It is the foundation of Christian life. It justifies us,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_312" id="Page_312">[312]</a> -and, being justified, we live and shall live forever.</p> - -<p>5th. What are we called if we have this faith? The just. The born -again of the Holy Spirit; the forgiven; the justified ones; those -who have faith in God; the Christians. So then we are called just, -not by works, but by faith. Nevertheless, faith can never be -without works; faith is the companion of works; they can never be -parted. For instance, Luther, although he exalted faith, yet acted -it right out with works.</p> - -<p>Think of Paul, how he by faith suffered many persecutions; how he -labored in prison as well as out of prison, and bore much fruit. -“Faith without works is dead.”</p> - -<p>6th. Have we this faith? Have all men it? Alas! Let us consider how -many in this sinful world have not this faith; how many have never -heard of it; how many have willfully refused to take it when it -was so kindly and so lovingly presented to them. Oh, how sad! for -without this faith they are the enemies of God, and they shall be -condemned. Though in this world they may have all riches, comforts, -respect, and much honor in the sight of men, in the eye of God they -are “Weighed in the balance and found wanting.”</p> - -<p>But those who have this faith will have Heaven, and they shall live -by the blessings derived therefrom, both in this world and in the -world to come.</p> - -<p>7th. Brethren and friends, let us get faith; for it is the greatest -blessing to us. If we have it, let us live by it; for it is the -most vital and most wholesome food our souls can have. Let us hold -fast to it. Let us exercise it so as to promote the happiness of -men to the saving of their souls. Let us exercise it so as to -magnify the love of God, and His Son Jesus Christ.</p> -</div> - - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h2>CHILDREN’S PAGE.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>CHINESE AND CHINESE CUSTOMS.</h3> - -<p>The longer you live in China and the better you know the people, -the greater do your wonder and amazement increase. Their -superstitions are as numerous almost as your thoughts. Their -religious customs are so many and intricate, that they make burdens -for the people more grievous to bear than those the Pharisees laid -upon the Jews. They spend as much money on those, to us, useless -and silly customs—ten times as much, I fully believe—as we -Christians spend on the Gospel. A rich man, I am told, recently -spent on the building of a paper house, which was burnt, for the -use of the spirit of the head of the family who had died, and on -the ceremonies connected with it, $10,000 in hard cash.</p> - -<p>This is a large sum of money to spend on paper to be burnt simply -in what, to us, seem perfectly ridiculous rites. But that is only a -tithe of the money spent by such a family, on this religion, which -God hates. These people believe that every man has three spirits. -When he dies, one spirit goes to hell, the second dwells in the -grave, and the third by due ceremonies is invited to take up its -residence in a wooden tablet, on which his name is inscribed. This -tablet is kept in the house, and the worship of it is the ancestral -worship, which is the last thing a Chinaman will give up.</p> - -<p>No later than yesterday we had a good example of the ceremony for -the dead of which I have spoken. This is the case of a Chinaman -born in Penang, whose wife died in the latter part of last year, -but the ceremonies for providing for her comfort in Hades were -not performed till yesterday. He should have performed these -services several months<a class="pagenum" name="Page_313" id="Page_313">[313]</a> ago, according to the proper custom, and -was very much blamed by the Chinese for having delayed. He told -me the secret of the business, however. He did not believe in the -thing, as he said, but his wife’s mother was near at hand and all -her relations, and because he was going to neglect the matter -apparently, they began to give him trouble. For peace, therefore, -he made the preparations. In the meantime, the body of his wife was -still in the house in the coffin. A Chinese coffin is thick and -air-tight—at least, no smell escapes from the decaying body, which -sometimes is kept for years in the house or in a temple. This man -was not a rich man, but was in good circumstances.</p> - -<p>He prepared a house about twelve feet square, built of bamboo and -paper, most beautifully and carefully finished, the painting on it -representing brick, stone, marble, and woods of different kinds. -Silver and gold leaf were used profusely; fruits and trees in -relief, and figures of all shapes. Inside the house, which was, by -the way, beautifully furnished with miniature furniture, reclined -the lady of the house, to represent his wife, on a handsome couch. -In the house were all the household utensils and everything -indicative of wealth. At the door was a handsome sedan chair, and -four coolies standing by, ready at her call. Around her were men -and women servants in figures about eight inches high, some engaged -in one work, some in another. Some were preparing rice, some -baking, some washing clothes, some cleaning rice with a fanning -mill. All was most tastefully and elegantly made up.</p> - -<p>Before this house on a table were spread out all kinds of -provisions—a little pig roasted, whole chickens, ducks, &c., &c. -The heads of these all pointed toward the place where the woman -sat. It is, by the way, a Chinese custom, to point the head of an -animal, cooked, at the guest to whom you wish to show honor.</p> - -<p>Outside and over the door of the house, and extending across the -whole front, was an elaborate framework of bamboo, covered with -gilt paper. This was supposed to represent the grounds before the -house, and there were dozens of little figures, all representing -the lady’s retainers—some as soldiers, runners, tradesmen, &c. -And why all these things? For the comfort and use of the spirit in -hell, to mitigate her torments by providing her with comforts. All -these things cost about $40 or $50.</p> - -<p>In another room, the ceremonies in connection with this were -performed. Here was a table covered with priestly symbols, food, -liquor, candles, and peculiar priestly appliances. About the table -stood three Buddhist priests, and sitting on benches were four men -with drum, cymbals and horns. For two days nearly they kept up -incessantly the most fearful din, reading and howling at the top -of the voice. Every now and then, the priests would perform a sort -of dance. On the walls were hung large pictures of the torments -practised in hell—most hideous pictures of pulling out men’s -tongues and eyes, and tortures you would hardly think men capable -of imagining. The little children of the dead woman were there, -clothed in coarse sack-cloth, and kept busy taking part in the -ceremonies, directed by the priests. In the place where the house -was they would come in and bow down to the ground several times to -their mother. The father stood by, looking on like one troubled and -ashamed of the horrid nuisance, as he evidently thought it to be. -In the morning, the whole thing was taken out and set on fire, and -thus spirited away to the spiritual regions for the use of the poor -woman.—<cite>From Presbyterian Record, Canada.</cite></p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<h2>RECEIPTS</h2> - -<p class="section">FOR AUGUST, 1880.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MAINE, $351.70.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Andover. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $5; Rev. S. -W. Pearson, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">$10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bangor. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">27.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bath. Central Cong. Ch., $56.10; Winter St. -Cong. Ch. and Soc., $35.50; Eliza Bowker, $2</td> -<td class="ramt">93.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brewer. M. Hardy, $50 to const. <span class="smcap">Mrs. Eugenie -L. Beckwith</span>, L. M.; First Cong. Ch., -$8, and Sab. Sch. $8</td> -<td class="ramt">66.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brunswick. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Castine. Rev. A. E. Ives</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Falmouth. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Farmington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">12.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Garland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Gorham. Cong. Ch., ($2 of which bal. to -const. <span class="smcap">Miss Rebecca Waters</span>, L. M)</td> -<td class="ramt">25.40</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hampden. Mrs. R. S. Curtis</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Portland. “Mrs. A. L. M.”</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Skowhegan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.20<a class="pagenum" name="Page_314" id="Page_314">[314]</a> -</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Standish. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Warren. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">12.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Waterford. Mrs. S. C. Hersey</td> -<td class="ramt">1.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Bath. Isaiah Percy, $3; Beulah B. -Percy, $2</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Windham. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW HAMPSHIRE, $338.02.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Antrim. Individuals, <i>for Mag.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Claremont. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $38.35; <span class="smcap">Mrs. -E. L. Goddard</span>, $30, to const. herself L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">68.35</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Concord. Alma J. Herbert, $3.50; Others, -$1.50; “A Widow,” $5</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Jaffrey. Eliza A. Parker</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Goffstown. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">50.61</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hebron. Rev. J. B. C.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Henniker. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.43</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Keene. First Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">35.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Orford. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pembroke. Cong. Ch., $26.47; Mrs. Mary W. -Thompson, $5; Prof. Isaac Walker, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">36.47</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rochester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">18.11</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Stoddard. Rev. B. Southworth</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">34.55</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">VERMONT, $1,124.79.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Barnet. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bridport. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Charlotte. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">76.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chelsea. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Dea. Samuel Douglass, -by Edward Douglass, Ex.</td> -<td class="ramt">750.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Coventry. Mrs. S. P. Cowles</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cornwall. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">29.78</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Georgia. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Greensborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $2.50; -Rev. Moses Patten and family, $15</td> -<td class="ramt">17.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Middlebury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.44</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newbury. Mrs. E. F.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Saint Albans. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">86.34</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Shelburn. “A Friend,” adl. to const. <span class="smcap">J. K. -Davis</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Springfield. Cong. Ch. by Rev. T. M. Boss</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Swanton. Ladies’ “Home Circle” of Cong. -Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Thetford. John Lord (aged 98)</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Waterbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. -<span class="smcap">Burton H. Humphrey</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wells River. George Leslie</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Enosburgh. H. Fassett</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Westminster. Cong. Ch. and Soc., -$26.46, and Sab. Sch. $7.27</td> -<td class="ramt">33.73</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MASSACHUSETTS, $4,666.06.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Alford. Rev. J. Jay Dana, to const. <span class="smcap">Tennie -L. Converse</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Andover. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Peter Smith</td> -<td class="ramt">500.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Andover. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. in part,</td> -<td class="ramt">200.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Attleborough. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">127.71</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Boston. Mrs. Henry H. Hyde</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Boston Highlands. Miss E. Davis</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bradford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">36.40</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Braintree. First Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.27</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Campello. Sarah Packard</td> -<td class="ramt">49.16</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chelsea. E. T. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chesterfield. Mrs. Edward Clarke</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Curtisville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">19.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Danvers. Maple St. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">58.65</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Wareham. M. F. &. J. H. Martin</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Everett. E. H. Evans</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fall River. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Falmouth. First Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">38.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fitchburg. Rev. and Mrs. J. M. R. Eaton</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Foxborough. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.07</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Holliston. Mrs. R. R. W., $1; Ladies’ Benev. -Soc. of Cong. Ch. Bbl. of C., <i>for Savannah, -Ga.</i>, by Mrs J. A. Johnson, Sec.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Holyoke. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">18.09</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hubbardston. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Gardner. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">40.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">53.22</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ipswich. First Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">28.19</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lawrence. Lawrence St. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">127.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lee. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">75.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Littleton. Orth. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lowell. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of E. S. Hunt by George F. -Richardson, Ex.</td> -<td class="ramt">500.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Marshfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">45.43</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Merrimack. Ladies of Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">9.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Middleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Millbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">57.95</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mittineaque. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.82</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newburyport. Belleville Ch. and Soc., -$37.20; Whitefield Cong. Ch. and Soc., -$17.73; Miss Bassett, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">59.93</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newton Centre. “A Friend” $40; C. L. H., 50c</td> -<td class="ramt">40.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Northampton. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">150.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Abington. Reuben Loring, <i>for addition -to school building, Fayetteville, Ark.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Andover Depot. F. D. F.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Wilmington. L. F. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Palmer. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">9.40</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plainfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">12.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pittsfield. James H. Dunham</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Quincy. Cong. Ch. and Soc., Mon. Con. Coll.</td> -<td class="ramt">18.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Randolph. Miss A. W. Turner</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rochester. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">17.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Royalston. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">114.10</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Egremont. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and -Soc., to const. <span class="smcap">Charles Merrill</span> and -<span class="smcap">Francis Torrey</span>, L. M.’s</td> -<td class="ramt">51.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Springfield. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of George Merriam, by -Henry S. Lee, Ex.</td> -<td class="ramt">1,000.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Springfield. “M,” $500; South Cong. Ch. -and Soc., $43.25; First Cong. Ch. and Soc., -$38.84</td> -<td class="ramt">582.09</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sturbridge. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of M. A. Bullock, by M. -L. Richardson</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sturbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">42.77</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Taunton. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.73</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Templeton. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tolland. Rev. C. J.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Walpole. M. G.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ware. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Webster. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Boylston. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">22.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westfield. H. Holland, M. D.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Whately. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">16.47</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wilmington. J. Skilton</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Williamstown. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Worcester. Union Ch., $32.01; G. M. P., $1.</td> -<td class="ramt">33.01</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">——. “A Thank Offering”</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">RHODE ISLAND, $4.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Little Compton. Ezra Wilbur, $2; G. A. G., -$1.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Slatersville. W. P.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CONNECTICUT, $3,998.30.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Abington. S. C.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Berlin. <span class="smcap">Miss Harriet N. Wilcox</span> <i>for Woman’s -Work for Women</i>, and to const. herself -L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brooklyn. First Trin. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">39.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cromwell. <span class="smcap">Bequest</span> of Miss Roxana K. Porter, -by Rev. G. S. F. Savage</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Derby. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">17.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Lyme. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.24</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Greenwich. Miss Sarah Mead</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Greenfield Hill. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.08</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Goshen. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">31.32</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Guilford. Mrs. Lucy. E. Tuttle.</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hadlyme. Richard E. Hungerford, $100; -Jos. W. Hungerford, $100; Cong. Sab. Sch., -$11.18; Cong. Ch., $8.</td> -<td class="ramt">219.18</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">21.73</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hartford. Mrs. John Olmsted</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Higganum. Selden Gladwin</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lebanon. Mrs. L. Hebard</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Meriden. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. to -const. <span class="smcap">Homer A. Curtis</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">75.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Middletown. Member First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mt. Carmel. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">28.51</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Naugatuck. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Britain. South Cong. Ch., semi-annual -contribution, $72.55;—Levi S. Wells, $40 -for <i>Straight U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">112.55<a class="pagenum" name="Page_315" id="Page_315">[315]</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New London. “<span class="smcap">Trust Estate</span> of Henry P. -Haven”</td> -<td class="ramt">500.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norfolk. Mary, Belle and Alice Eldridge <i>for -books for Theo. Student, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Stonington. D. R. Wheeler</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Woodstock. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norwich. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Mrs. Emily H. Mansfield, -by A. T. Converse, Ex.</td> -<td class="ramt">1,800.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norwich. First Cong. Ch. ($5 of which <i>for T. -C. and N. Inst.</i>)</td> -<td class="ramt">140.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Putnam. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for ed. of -an Indian boy, Hampton N. and A. Inst.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rockville. Mrs. A. Martin, B. A. Chapman -and Mrs. A. B. Martin</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rocky Hill. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.54</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Salem. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Britain. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. -<span class="smcap">H. P. Downes</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">37.53</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Stafford Springs. F. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Terryville. Cong. Ch., $233.60, to const. -<span class="smcap">Wm. H. Griswold</span>, <span class="smcap">Levi Bassett</span>, <span class="smcap">George F. -Bushnell</span>, <span class="smcap">Mr. O. D. Hunter</span> and <span class="smcap">Mrs. -Valeria Terry</span>, L. M.’s; Elizur Fenn and -Mrs. Elizur Fenn, $5 ea.</td> -<td class="ramt">243.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Thomaston. Cong. Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">12.30</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wapping. Cong. Ch., to const. <span class="smcap">Dea. John -Alden Collins</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Washington. Mrs. Rebecca Hine, to const. -<span class="smcap">Frederic P. Pond</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westville. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wethersfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">45.42</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wilton. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">19.34</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wolcottville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.96</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">——. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW YORK, $971.47.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bergen. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of I. M. Hitchcock, by A. -E. Hitchcock, Ex.</td> -<td class="ramt">40.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Binghamton. J. D. Wells</td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brooklyn. Tompkins Av. Cong. Ch., $33.91; -Mrs. Lewis Tappan, $10; Professor E. P. -Thwing, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">48.91</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Camillus. Isaiah Wilcox</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Clifton Springs. Rev. W. W. Warner, $10; -Mrs. Mary M. Chester, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Coxsackie. P. H. Silvester</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dansville. Mrs. D. W. Noyes</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Wilson. Rev. H. Halsey, $30; C. M. -Clark, $3</td> -<td class="ramt">33.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Eaton. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">18.20</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Eden. H. McNett</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Gaines. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $29.79; and Sab. -Sch. $2.07 to const. <span class="smcap">Adam P. Vroman</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">31.86</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Leeds. “Beth”</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Lebanon. Presb. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New York. “Santa Claus,” $100; J. S. Holt, -$10; “S. J. W.,” $2</td> -<td class="ramt">112.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Nyack. John W. Towt</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ovid. D. W. K.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Poughkeepsie. Mrs. Margaret Jane Myers</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Randolph. Mrs. T. A. C. Everett</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rensselaer Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rome. Rev. Wm. B. Hammond, bbl. of -Books and Pamphlets.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Schenectady. Mrs. Anna W. Viney</td> -<td class="ramt">5.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Utica. Mrs. Sarah H. Mudge</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Warsaw. L. H. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">—— “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">500.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW JERSEY, $33.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Boonton. Mrs. N. T. J.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Irvington. Mrs. W. H. C.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Brunswick. I. P. Langdon</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newfield. Rev. Charles Willey</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Parsippany. Mrs. Jane W. Ford</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">PENNSYLVANIA, $105.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Milford. H. A. Summers</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Troy. Chas. C. Paine ($50 of which <i>for Indian -M.</i>)</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">OHIO, $256.46.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Canfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">18.68</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cincinnati. Vine St. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">40.67</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cortland. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cuyahoga Falls. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.42</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Delaware. Rev. John H. Jones</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Gambier. James S. Sawer</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Greenwich Station. W. M. Mead</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Harmar. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hicksville. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newark. Plymouth Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norwalk. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oberlin. J. W. Merrill, $40; First Cong. Ch., -$32.22; W. G. B., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">72.72</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ravenna. Howard Carter</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Willoughby. Miss Mary P. Hastings</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Windham. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">35.72</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">INDIANA, $64.27.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Michigan City. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">56.27</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Winchester. L. O. Ward, $4.50; Lydia Maxwell, -$2.50; C. W. O., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">8.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">ILLINOIS, $2,339.98.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Buda. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">24.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bunker Hill. J. W. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Canton. First Cong. Ch. $82.08; Cong. Ch., -$22</td> -<td class="ramt">104.08</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chicago. First Cong. Ch., $736.15; Lincoln -Park Ch., $29.55; New Eng. Ch., Mon. Coll., -$15.62</td> -<td class="ramt">781.32</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Elgin. S. N. Campbell</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Galesburg. Mrs. E. T. Parker</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Granville. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">31.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Homer. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Joy Prairie. Cong. Ch. to const. <span class="smcap">Lyman L. -Pratt</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">34.15</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kewanee. Ladies of Cong. Ch., $25.38; “The -Gleaners” of Cong. Ch., $12.81, <i>for Lady -Missionary Liberty Co., Ga.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">38.19</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lee Centre. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Martin Wright</td> -<td class="ramt">1,000.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">La Harpe. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Metamora. Individuals, Collected by A. C. -Rouse</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Morrison. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newark. Horace Day</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Paxton. J. B. Shaw</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Peru. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.80</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Princeton. Mrs. P. B. Corss</td> -<td class="ramt">12.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rockford. Second Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">113.64</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Roseville. Cong. Ch., to const. <span class="smcap">Mrs. Sarah -C. Eldred</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">33.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Danville. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">12.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Waukegan. Young Ladies Miss. Soc., <i>for -Lady Missionary, Mobile, Ala.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Waverly. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">16.30</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Winnebago. N. F. Parsons</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MICHIGAN, $390.51.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Alpena. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">75.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ann Arbor. Cong. Ch., Semi Annual Coll.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Calumet. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">120.72</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Charlotte. First Cong. Ch., $30;—E. Pray, -$5; R. C. Jones, $3, <i>for Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">38.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Grand Rapids. Mrs. E. G. Furness</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hancock. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">42.92</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Homer. Mrs. C. C. Everts</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Port Huron. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">37.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Union City. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">35.62</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">WISCONSIN, $204.45.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Beloit. First Cong. Ch. (ad’l)</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Black Earth. Mrs. J. W.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bloomington. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brandon. Cong. Ch., $3.50, and Sab. Sch., -$10</td> -<td class="ramt">13.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brant. Mrs. E. W. Brant</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fox Lake. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hartford. R. F.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Madison. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">75.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Milwaukee. Mrs. E. F. Rice</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">River Falls. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">16.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sun Prairie. Cong. Ch., $6, and Sab. Sch., -$19.45</td> -<td class="ramt">25.45</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sheboygan. Mrs. L. H. Chase</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sparta. H. E. Kelley</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Salem. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">IOWA, $352.80.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Alden. Cong. Ch., $3.85, and Sab. Sch., $1.15</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Anamosa. Ladies of Cong. Ch., <i>for Lady -Missionary, New Orleans</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bellevue. Ladies of Cong. Ch. <i>for Lady Missionary, -New Orleans</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00<a class="pagenum" name="Page_316" id="Page_316">[316]</a> -</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cherokee. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Creston. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid, -Tougaloo U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">6.95</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dubuque. A. Kaiser</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dunlap. Rev. Joseph S. Fisher</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Durant. Ladies of Cong. Ch., <i>for Lady Missionary, -New Orleans.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Eldora. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Garden Prairie. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Green Mountain. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">28.40</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Grinnell. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">76.90</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Iowa City. Ladies of Cong. Ch., <i>for Lady -Missionary, New Orleans.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kelley. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Maquoketa. Mrs. M. T. H., <i>for Lady Missionary, -New Orleans</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Marion. Ladies of Cong. Ch., <i>for Lady -Missionary, New Orleans</i></td> -<td class="ramt">40.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1"><a name="Err1" id="Err1"></a>Marshalltown. Young People’s Miss. Soc., -<i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">McGregor. Woman’s Missionary Soc., bal., -to cost. <span class="smcap">MRS. WILLIAM FAIR, L. M.</span></td> -<td class="ramt">14.55</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Meriden. Cong. Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Muscatine. N. B. Huntington, 50; W. Sandford, -10, <i>for Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">60.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oskaloosa. Samuel R. Pettett</td> -<td class="ramt">2.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Seneca. Rev. and Mrs. O. Littlefield</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Traer. C. Jameyson</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MISSOURI, $9.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kidder. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">9.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MINNESOTA, $35.22.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Afton. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brownsville. Mrs. S. M. McHose</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., $12.52; Mrs. J. -F. A., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.02</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">St. Cloud. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.20</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Saint Peter. Mrs Jane A. Treadwell</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MONTANA, $5.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Divide. Mrs. C. A. Leggett</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">KANSAS, $5.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Topeka. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEBRASKA, $10.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fairmount. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CALIFORNIA, $13.87.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oakland. Miss Martha L. Newcomb</td> -<td class="ramt">13.87</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $6.37.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Seattle. “A Friend,” by Rev. Samuel -Green</td> -<td class="ramt">6.37</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">TENNESSEE, 50c.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Covington. H. C. G.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NORTH CAROLINA, $4.25.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Raleigh. Washington Sch., Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">4.25</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">SOUTH CAROLINA, $2.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Charleston. J. W. H., $1; Avery Inst., Tuition, -$1</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">ALABAMA, $40.30.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Montgomery. <span class="smcap">Hon. John Bruce</span>, to const. -himself L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pleasant Hill. W. H. G.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Selma. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">9.80</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MISSISSIPPI, $9.10.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">9.10</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">TEXAS, 50c.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Austin. L. C. A.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">—— $1.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">—— Lucy O. Thompson</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">INCOME FUND, $45.76.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Avery Fund</td> -<td class="ramt">45.76</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CANADA, $17.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Montreal. Emmanuel Ch., John McLaughlan, -$10; Chas. Alexander, $5; Theo. Lyman, -$2</td> -<td class="ramt">17.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">SCOTLAND. $66.44.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Perth North United Presb. Ch. Subscriptions, -£10 6s.; J. Balman, for Chinese M., £2; -—Girls’ House of Refuge, Craigie, 5s.; -“Friends of Africans,” £1; “Friend,” 5s., -by D. Morton</td> -<td class="ramt">66.44</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">—————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total2">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">15,472.12</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total from Oct. 1st to Aug. 31st</td> -<td class="ramt">$160,969.61</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<hr class="tenth" /> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL -INST., AUSTIN, TEXAS.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hanover, Conn. Mrs Ruth W. and Miss -Ruth E. Allen</td> -<td class="ramt">$100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New London, Conn. “Trust Estate of Henry -P. Haven”</td> -<td class="ramt">500.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Amherst, Mass. Mrs. R. A. Lester</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">—— “A Friend,” by Mrs. E. M. E. Garland</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">—— Refunded</td> -<td class="ramt">75.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">—————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total2">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">$735.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Previously Acknowledged in July Receipts</td> -<td class="ramt">5,503.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">—————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total2">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">$6,238.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<hr class="tenth" /> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">FOR NEGRO REFUGEES.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Amsterdam, N. Y. Chandler Bartlett, $5; -James H. Bronson, $3</td> -<td class="ramt">$8.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Previously Acknowledged in July Receipts</td> -<td class="ramt">436.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">—————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total2">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">$444.75</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<hr class="tenth" /> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">FOR SCHOOL BUILDING, ATHENS, ALA.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ann Arbor, Mich. Presb. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">$18.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Armada, Mich. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.89</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Columbus, Mich. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Detroit, Mich. Ladies’ For’gn Miss. Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">22.15</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Detroit, Mich. Miss A.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Flint, Mich. Miss H. H., $1; Mrs L. -B., $1; Mrs. T., 50c</td> -<td class="ramt">2.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Franklin, Mich. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Gr’d Rapids, Mich. Mrs. White, $10; Mrs. -Withey, $2; Mrs. N. L. -Avery, $2; “A Friend,” -$1</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hudson, Mich. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Imlay City, Mich. Cong. Ch., $5, and Sab. -Sch., $1.79</td> -<td class="ramt">6.79</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lansing, Mich. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">12.40</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Memphis, Mich. Cong, Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mosherville, Mich. Methodist Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">26.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Olivet, Mich. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">23.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Owano, Mich. Mrs. Flora Duff, $5; Miss -Doane, $1.50; Dea. G., -50c.; “A Friend,” 25c.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pawpaw, Mich. Presb. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">17.89</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Port Huron, Mich. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">22.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newton, Mich. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.73</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Adams, Mich. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">No. Lansing, Mich. Mrs. T., $1; Mrs. E., $1; -Mrs. A., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Romeo, Mich. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.55</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Saint Clair, Mich. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.65</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Somerset, Mich. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Union City, Mich. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chicago, Ill. Mrs. Clark</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Valparaiso, Ind. Presb. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">12.12</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Bend, Ind. Mrs. Reynolds</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lake City, Iowa. Mrs Haas</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">—————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total2">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">$299.42</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Previously acknowledged in June Receipts</td> -<td class="ramt">680.59</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">—————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total2">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">$980.01</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<hr class="tenth" /> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Receipts for August</td> -<td class="ramt">$16,514.54</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total2">Total from Oct. 1st to Aug. 31st</td> -<td class="ramt">$175,208.85</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">============</td> -</tr> - -</table> - -<p class="right" style="padding-right: 10%;">H. W. HUBBARD, <i>Treas.</i>,</p> -<p class="right" style="padding-right: 5%;">56 Reade St., N. Y.</p> - - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_317" id="Page_317">[317]</a></p> - -<hr class="full" /> -<div class="article"> -<h2>Constitution of the American Missionary Association.</h2> - -<p class="center">INCORPORATED JANUARY 30, 1849.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. I.</span> This Society shall be called “<span class="smcap">The American -Missionary Association</span>.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. II.</span> The object of this Association shall be to -conduct Christian missionary and educational operations, and -diffuse a knowledge of the Holy Scriptures in our own and other -countries which are destitute of them, or which present open and -urgent fields of effort.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. III.</span> Any person of evangelical sentiments,<a name="FNanchor_1" id="FNanchor_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1" class="fnanchor">[A]</a> who -professes faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is not a slaveholder, -or in the practice of other immoralities, and who contributes to -the funds, may become a member of the Society; and by the payment -of thirty dollars, a life member; provided that children and others -who have not professed their faith may be constituted life members -without the privilege of voting.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. IV.</span> This Society shall meet annually, in the month of -September, October or November, for the election of officers and -the transaction of other business, at such time and place as shall -be designated by the Executive Committee.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. V.</span> The annual meeting shall be constituted of -the regular officers and members of the Society at the time of -such meeting, and of delegates from churches, local missionary -societies, and other co-operating bodies, each body being entitled -to one representative.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. VI.</span> The officers of the Society shall be a President, -Vice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretaries, -Treasurer, two Auditors, and an Executive Committee of not less -than twelve, of which the Corresponding Secretaries shall be -advisory, and the Treasurer ex-officio, members.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. VII.</span> To the Executive Committee shall belong the -collecting and disbursing of funds; the appointing, counselling, -sustaining and dismissing (for just and sufficient reasons) -missionaries and agents; the selection of missionary fields; -and, in general, the transaction of all such business as usually -appertains to the executive committees of missionary and other -benevolent societies; the Committee to exercise no ecclesiastical -jurisdiction over the missionaries; and its doings to be subject -always to the revision of the annual meeting, which shall, by a -reference mutually chosen, always entertain the complaints of any -aggrieved agent or missionary; and the decision of such reference -shall be final.</p> - -<p>The Executive Committee shall have authority to fill all vacancies -occurring among the officers between the regular annual meetings; -to apply, if they see fit, to any State Legislature for acts of -incorporation; to fix the compensation, where any is given, of all -officers, agents, missionaries, or others in the employment of the -Society; to make provision, if any, for disabled missionaries, and -for the widows and children of such as are deceased; and to call, -in all parts of the country, at their discretion, special and -general conventions of the friends of missions, with a view to the -diffusion of the missionary spirit, and the general and vigorous -promotion of the missionary work.</p> - -<p>Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for -transacting business.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. VIII.</span> This society, in collecting funds, in -appointing officers, agents and missionaries, and in selecting -fields of labor, and conducting the missionary work, will endeavor -particularly to discountenance slavery, by refusing to receive the -known fruits of unrequited labor, or to welcome to its employment -those who hold their fellow-beings as slaves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. IX.</span> Missionary bodies, churches or individuals -agreeing to the principles of this Society, and wishing to appoint -and sustain missionaries of their own, shall be entitled to do so -through the agency of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually -agreed upon.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. X.</span> No amendment shall be made to this Constitution -without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at a -regular annual meeting; nor unless the proposed amendment has been -submitted to a previous meeting, or to the Executive Committee in -season to be published by them (as it shall be their duty to do, if -so submitted) in the regular official notifications of the meeting.</p> - - -<p>FOOTNOTE:</p> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_1" id="Footnote_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1"><span class="label">[A]</span></a> By evangelical sentiments, we understand, among -others, a belief in the guilty and lost condition of all men -without a Saviour; the Supreme Deity, Incarnation and Atoning -Sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the only Saviour of the world; the -necessity of regeneration by the Holy Spirit, repentance, faith and -holy obedience in order to salvation; the immortality of the soul; -and the retributions of the judgment in the eternal punishment of -the wicked, and salvation of the righteous.</p> -</div> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_318" id="Page_318">[318]</a></p></div> - -<hr class="full" /> -<div class="article"> - -<h2>The American Missionary Association.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>AIM AND WORK.</h3> - -<p>To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with -the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted -its main efforts to preparing the <span class="smcap">Freedmen</span> for their -duties as citizens and Christians in America and as missionaries -in Africa. As closely related to this, it seeks to benefit the -caste-persecuted <span class="smcap">Chinese</span> in America, and to co-operate -with the Government in its humane and Christian policy towards the -<span class="smcap">Indians</span>. It has also a mission in <span class="smcap">Africa</span>.</p> - - -<h3>STATISTICS.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Churches</span>: <i>In the South</i>—In Va., 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2; -Ga., 13; Ky., 7; Tenn., 4; Ala., 14; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; -Texas, 6. <i>Africa</i>, 2. <i>Among the Indians</i>, 1. Total 70.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Institutions Founded, Fostered or Sustained in the -South.</span>—<i>Chartered</i>: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, -Ala., Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New -Orleans, La.; and Austin, Texas, 8. <i>Graded or Normal Schools</i>: at -Wilmington, Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Savannah, -Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; -Memphis, Tenn., 12. <i>Other Schools</i>, 24. Total 44.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teachers, Missionaries and Assistants.</span>—Among the -Freedmen, 253; among the Chinese, 21; among the Indians, 9; in -Africa, 13. Total, 296. <span class="smcap">Students</span>—In Theology, 86; Law, -28; in College Course, 63; in other studies, 7,030. Total, 7,207. -Scholars taught by former pupils of our schools, estimated at -150,000. <span class="smcap">Indians</span> under the care of the Association, 13,000.</p> - - -<h3>WANTS.</h3> - -<p>1. A steady <span class="medium">INCREASE</span> of regular income to keep pace with -the growing work. This increase can only be reached by <em>regular</em> -and <em>larger</em> contributions from the churches—the feeble as well as -the strong.</p> - -<p>2. <span class="smcap">Additional Buildings</span> for our higher educational -institutions, to accommodate the increasing numbers of students; -<span class="smcap">Meeting Houses</span> for the new churches we are organizing; -<span class="smcap">More Ministers</span>, cultured and pious, for these churches.</p> - -<p>3. <span class="smcap">Help for Young Men</span>, to be educated as ministers here -and missionaries to Africa—a pressing want.</p> - -<p>Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A. -office, as below:</p> - -<table> -<tr><td style="padding-right: 1em;" class="smcap">New York</td><td>H. W. Hubbard, Esq., 56 Reade Street.</td></tr> -<tr><td style="padding-right: 1em;" class="smcap">Boston</td><td>Rev. 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Powell, 112 West Washington Street.</td></tr> -</table> - -<h3>MAGAZINE.</h3> - -<p>This Magazine will be sent, gratuitously, if desired, to the -Missionaries of the Association; to Life Members; to all clergymen -who take up collections for the Association; to Superintendents of -Sabbath Schools; to College Libraries; to Theological Seminaries; -to Societies of Inquiry on Missions; and to every donor who does -not prefer to take it as a subscriber, and contributes in a year -not less than five dollars.</p> - -<p>Those who wish to remember the <span class="smcap">American Missionary -Association</span> in their last Will and Testament, are earnestly -requested to use the following</p> - - -<h3>FORM OF A BEQUEST.</h3> - -<p>“<span class="smcap">I bequeath</span> to my executor (or executors) the sum of —— -dollars in trust, to pay the same in —— days after my decease to -the person who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer -of the ‘American Missionary Association’ of New York City, to be -applied, under the direction of the Executive Committee of the -Association, to its charitable uses and purposes’.”</p> - -<p>The will should be attested by three witnesses [in some States -three are required—in other States only two], who should write -against their names, their places of residence [if in cities, -their street and number]. 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Y.</td></tr> - <tr><td class="center large" style="border-bottom: solid black 1px;">CHURCH <img src="images/icon1.jpg" width="16" height="21" alt="" />FURNISHERS</td></tr> - <tr><td class="center"><b>Memorial Windows, Memorial Tablets,</b></td></tr> - <tr><td class="center"><b>Sterling Silver Communion Services.</b></td></tr> - <tr><td class="center">SEND FOR CIRCULAR.</td></tr> - <tr><td> </td></tr> - <tr><td> </td></tr> - </table> - </div> -</div> -</div> - - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="advertisement center"> - <p class="center large">CLINTON H. MENEELY BELL COMPANY,</p> - <p class="center medium">Successors to Meneely & Kimberly,</p> - <p class="center">BELL FOUNDERS, TROY, N. Y.</p> - <p class="medium">Manufacture a superior quality of BELLS.</p> - <p class="medium">Special attention given to <b>CHURCH BELLS</b>.</p> - <p class="medium"> - <img src="images/pointer.jpg" width="27" height="17" alt="hand pointing" /> - Catalogues sent free to parties needing bells. - </p> -</div> - - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="advertisement"> -<p class="center">“IMPORTANT TO CLERGYMEN.”</p> - -<p class="center large">Prince’s Improved Fountain Pen.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/pen.jpg" width="400" height="30" alt="CAP THE HANDLE CONTAINS THE INK" /> -</div> - -<p class="center medium">As now improved, saves one-third the time.</p> - -<p class="medium">“If I were bereft of it, I should feel myself bereft of my right -hand.”—<span class="smcap">Rev. Lyman Abbott.</span> <cite>Ed. Ch. Union.</cite></p> - -<p class="medium">Can be sent by mail in a registered letter. Send for circulars. -Manufactured by</p> - -<p class="center right">JOHN S. PURDY, 212 Broadway, cor. Fulton St. N. Y.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="advertisement"> -<p class="center xxlarge">PAYSON’S</p> -<p class="center xxxlarge">Indelible Ink,</p> -<p class="center"><b>FOR MARKING ANY FABRIC WITH A<br /> - COMMON PEN, WITHOUT A<br /> - PREPARATION.</b></p> - -<hr class="tiny" /> - -<p class="center"><b>It still stands unrivaled after 50 years’ test.</b></p> - -<hr class="tiny" /> - -<p class="center"><b><em>THE SIMPLEST & BEST.</em></b></p> - -<p>Sales now greater than ever before.</p> - -<p>This Ink received the Diploma and Medal at Centennial over all -rivals.</p> - -<p>Report of Judges: “For simplicity of application and indelibility.”</p> - -<hr class="tiny" /> - -<p class="center medium">INQUIRE FOR</p> -<p class="center large"><b>PAYSON’S COMBINATION!!!</b></p> - -<p>Sold by all Druggists, Stationers and News Agents, and by many -Fancy Goods and Furnishing Houses.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="advertisement"> - <p class="center xxlarge">W. & B. DOUGLAS,</p> - <p class="center large">Middletown, Conn.,</p> - <p class="center">MANUFACTURERS OF</p> - <p class="center xxxlarge">PUMPS,</p> - <p>HYDRAULIC RAMS, GARDEN ENGINES, PUMP CHAIN AND FIXTURES, IRON -CURBS, YARD HYDRANTS, STREET WASHERS, ETC.</p> - - <div> - <div class="float-left"> - <div class="figcenter" style="width: 153px;"> - <img src="images/pump.jpg" width="153" height="300" alt="pump" /> - </div> - </div> - <div class="float-left"> - <p>Highest Medal awarded them by the Universal Exposition at Paris, -France, in 1867; Vienna, Austria, in 1873; and Philadelphia, 1876.</p> - <hr class="tiny" /> - <p class="larger center">Founded in 1832.</p> - <hr class="tiny" /> - <p class="medium center">Branch Warehouses:</p> - <p class="center"><b>85 & 87 John St.</b><br />NEW YORK,</p> - <p class="small center">AND</p> - <p class="center"><b>197 Lake Street,</b><br />CHICAGO.</p> - <p class="larger center"><em>For Sale by all Regular Dealers.</em></p> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> -<h2>THE THIRTY-FOURTH VOLUME</h2> - -<p class="center">OF THE</p> - -<p class="center xxxlarge">American Missionary,</p> - -<p class="center xxlarge">1880.</p> - - -<p>We have been gratified with the constant tokens of the increasing -appreciation of the <span class="smcap">Missionary</span> during the past year, and -purpose to spare no effort to make its pages of still greater value -to those interested in the work which it records.</p> - -<p>Shall we not have a largely increased subscription list for 1880?</p> - -<p>A little effort on the part of our friends, when making their own -remittances, to induce their neighbors to unite in forming Clubs, -will easily double our list, and thus widen the influence of our -Magazine, and aid in the enlargement of our work.</p> - -<p>Under the editorial supervision of Rev. <span class="smcap">C. C. Painter</span>, -aided by the steady contributions of our intelligent Missionaries -and teachers in all parts of the field, and with occasional -communications from careful observers and thinkers elsewhere, the -<span class="smcap">American Missionary</span> furnishes a vivid and reliable picture -of the work going forward among the Indians, the Chinamen on the -Pacific Coast, and the Freedmen as citizens in the South and as -Missionaries in Africa.</p> - -<p>It will be the vehicle of important views on all matters affecting -the races among which it labors, and will give monthly summary of -current events relating to their welfare and progress.</p> - -<p>Patriots and Christians interested in the education and -Christianizing of these despised races are asked to read it, and -assist in its circulation. Begin with the next number and the new -year. The price is only Fifty Cents per annum.</p> - -<p>The Magazine will be sent gratuitously, if preferred, to the -persons indicated on page 318.</p> - -<p>Donations and subscriptions should be sent to</p> - -<p class="right" style="padding-right: 10%;">H. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer,</p> -<p class="right" style="padding-right: 5%;">56 Reade Street, New York.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - - -<p class="center xxlarge">TO ADVERTISERS.</p> - -<p>Special attention is invited to the advertising department of -the <span class="smcap">American Missionary</span>. Among its regular readers are -thousands of Ministers of the Gospel, Presidents, Professors and -Teachers in Colleges, Theological Seminaries and Schools; it is, -therefore, a specially valuable medium for advertising Books, -Periodicals, Newspapers, Maps, Charts, Institutions of Learning, -Church Furniture, Bells, Household Goods, &c.</p> - -<p>Advertisers are requested to note the moderate price charged for -space in its columns, considering the extent and character of its -circulation.</p> - -<p>Advertisements must be received by the <span class="medium">TENTH</span> of the -month, in order to secure insertion in the following number. All -communications in relation to advertising should be addressed to</p> - -<p class="center large">THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT,</p> -<p class="right">56 Reade Street, New York.</p> - - -<hr class="tiny" /> - -<p class="medium"><img src="images/pointer.jpg" width="27" height="17" alt="hand pointing" /><b>Our friends who are interested in the Advertising Department -of the “American Missionary” can aid us in this respect by -mentioning, when ordering goods, that they saw them advertised in -our Magazine.</b></p> - - - -<div class="box" style="padding: 2%;"> -<h2>ANNUAL MEETING</h2> - -<p class="center small">OF THE</p> - -<p class="center xxlarge"><b>AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.</b></p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The <span class="smcap">American Missionary Association</span> will hold its -Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting in the City of Norwich, Conn., on -the 12th, 13th and 14th of October, 1880. The several sessions of -this meeting will be held in the Broadway Church, Rev. <span class="smcap">L. T. -Chamberlain</span>, D. D., Pastor. The opening session will begin -at 3 o’clock P. M. of Tuesday, the 12th, when the Report of the -Executive Committee will be read. In the evening, at 7.30, the -Annual Sermon will be preached by the Rev. <span class="smcap">Wm. M. Taylor</span>, -D. D., of the Broadway Tabernacle, New York City. The citizens -of Norwich will receive and cordially entertain all friends of -the work of the Association who, desiring to attend, shall make -application for entertainment before the first day of October. -The Chairman of the Committee of Entertainment, <span class="smcap">Charles E. -Dyer</span>, to whom all such applications should be addressed, will -send out, on the above date, cards of hospitality, introducing -those who have made known their purpose of attending, to the host -by whom they will be entertained. Those receiving such cards -will please communicate at once with the person to whom they are -introduced, announcing their purpose of attending, at what time -they will arrive in Norwich, and whether they will remain during -the meeting, so that hospitality may have no unnecessary burdens to -bear. Those failing to receive such a card by the 6th of October -will please inform the Chairman of the fact. An early application -will greatly lighten the burden of the Committee, and will be duly -appreciated. Those paying full fare one way to attend the meeting, -will be furnished free return tickets on the following railroads: -New York and New England, New London and Northern, Norwich and -Worcester, Worcester and Nashua, Stonington, Boston and Providence, -Boston, Barre and Gardner, Passumpsic, Central Vermont; and by -steamers of the Norwich and New York Line. The Conn. River Road -will sell round trip tickets to those who attend the meeting.</p> - -<p>Any needed additional information will be given to those applying -to the Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, Norwich, Conn.</p> - -<p class="right large" style="padding-right: 10%;">W. S. PALMER,</p> -<p class="right medium">Chairman Committee of Arrangements.</p> -</div> - -<p class="center small">DAVID H. GILDERSLEEVE, PRINTER, 101 CHAMBERS STREET, NEW YORK.</p> - - - -<hr class="full" /> -<h2>Transcriber’s Notes:</h2> - - -<p>Unusual spellings that do not appear to be printer’s errors have -been retained.</p> - -<p>Obvious punctuation misprints have been corrected.</p> - -<p>Changed “fo” to “for” in the <a href="#Err1">Marshalltown</a> entry on page 316.</p> - -<p>Ditto marks in tables were replaced by the text they represent in order -to facilitate alignment for eBooks.</p> -<hr class="full" /> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary -- Volume 34, -No. 10, October, 1880, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, OCTOBER 1880 *** - -***** This file should be named 55069-h.htm or 55069-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/5/0/6/55069/ - -Produced by 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) - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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