Chapter II: Front Matter (2)

You will be glad to hear that there is much religious interest in our institution at the present time. It has been gradually coming on all the autumn, but was greatly aided by the week of prayer held by the Young Men’s Christian Association of the University in concert with other Associations. Some ten or twelve of the students think that they have begun the new life lately, and we look for further good results. This is highly encouraging, as showing that in addition to the educational advantages which gather around our location, spiritual blessings may also be received. We desire the prayers of all Christians that the work may be continued with power. Our theological students have been deeply interested in the meetings for prayer, and have rendered valuable aid.

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VIRGINIA.

A Destitute County.

The following extract from a letter by an esteemed friend in a central county in Virginia is suggestive of the many dark places throughout the South yet unreached by the school or the church:

The field in this county alone is an ample one. The colored population of the county largely exceeds the white, and the yearly ratio of increase is in excess of the white. A half generation has passed since the era of emancipation, and it is melancholy, indeed, to any Christian mind and heart, to contemplate how rapidly this portion of the population, in the very heart of one of the oldest States in the Union, is crowding the broad road to perdition; how, in the entire absence of all organized efforts for elemental education and proper religious instruction, they are relapsing into semi-heathenism. There is not to-day a single school of any kind or character for them within the limits of the county (which may be safely estimated to contain five thousand souls of all ages and sexes of the colored race), except the Sabbath-school which has been taught by the writer.

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ALABAMA.

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

Rev. G. W. Andrews, Talladega.

A Congregational church of twenty-one members was organized Oct. 10th, at Shelby Iron Works, Alabama. This is the fifteenth Congregational church planted by the A. M. A. in this State. Eight of them are in the vicinity of Talladega College, the most distant being forty miles away. They are the out-growth of the mission work carried on by the teachers and pupils of the college.

This new church at Shelby begins its existence under most favorable circumstances, most of its members being present or former pupils of the college. All are colored people; two are preparing for the ministry; one has been a student at Oberlin, Ohio; one was for some time a resident of Hartford, Ct., and more recently of Columbus, Ohio, a graduate of the high school there and a former pupil here; one is principal of an academy of ten years’ standing at Shelby and a graduate from Talladega. With two or three exceptions, all of them have for some years been trained in our Sunday-schools. The Shelby Iron Company is in hearty sympathy with the movement; the Superintendent, himself a Methodist, coming into the preliminary meeting and saying publicly that the Iron Company would look with peculiar favor on this church should it be organized, recognizing as it did the necessity for more intelligent Christian instruction for the colored people.

The sectarian walls, which in the South are built heaven-high, have in this particular place been badly shattered. There is no outspoken opposition on the part of the colored people, as in every other place known to me. The different denominations worship in the same building, the lower story being devoted to the school and the upper one to the churches. The Iron Company own about two-thirds of the building, the original cost being three thousand dollars.

I suppose there are a million of dollars invested by the Shelby Iron Company at this place, mostly owned in the North. One owner is an honored member of the Centre Church, Hartford, Ct.; another, of the Park St. Church, Boston; another is a Massachusetts man well known among “iron men” both in this country and abroad. The Superintendent is a noble Christian man from Illinois, and was a colonel in the recent war. Several of the local managers are from the North, some are from the South. Most of the workmen, white and colored, who stand all day side by side, are gathered from the surrounding region. Here the North and South meet and learn to know and love each other. The Iron Company is helping to solve the great national problem no less truly than missionary schools and churches. It seems to me sometimes that its entire business is carried on as a kind of missionary enterprise on the broadest basis. Owning thirty thousand acres of land immediately about the “Iron Works,” it exercises wholesome restraint over all classes. Nothing seems to be overlooked; the church, the school, the home, the village morals, the town adornments and the State, are all cared for.

Talladega College, a college only in name yet, is the rallying point for our missionary work in this State. It is just such a college as a missionary college should be, its whole work as a school being subordinate to the church. It is a training school, patterned after the missionary colleges of the American Board. Its grand aim is to raise up a native ministry so as to plant churches, and through them carry an intelligent gospel to the masses. We are not especially afraid that there will be any lack of school-teachers. With our eye fixed steadily on our missionary work, enough who cannot attain to the Christian ministry will become teachers, and they, catching the spirit of the institution, will become missionary teachers. It is surprising to see how this spirit has taken possession of our pupils. There is scarcely one who goes into the country to teach who does not organize his Sabbath-school as promptly as his day-school, and pursue it with even more interest. It is the first thing he reports on his return. Hundreds are converted by this means; Bibles, tracts, religious literature, and light are spread in all directions; thus are constantly carried forward many Sabbath-schools, and through them a glorious pioneer Christian work. Out of this work have grown eight churches, so near to the college as to be its special care, and in which a hundred conversions are reported for the summer just ended.

Of the twenty pupils in the Theological department, all have been reaping in this missionary field during the summer vacation, about one-half as preachers. The home church takes a lively interest in them during their absence. Prayer is made to God without ceasing in their behalf, and often interested members go out to aid them in their revival meetings. Letters are constantly received from them to be read at the monthly missionary concert, and public thanksgiving is rendered for the good work they report. Thus is maintained a lively interest in Christian missions and Christian work.

There has been an evident increase of interest in our mission churches about the college this summer; all but one report revivals of greater or less power; one reports thirty-two additions by confession; four report the completion of their houses of worship, free of debt—houses hitherto unplastered and otherwise much exposed, but now neat and comfortable, and everybody is happy over it. One is building a new house of worship unlike any of the others; it is built of logs, large and commodious. One poor fellow was so intent on pushing forward to completion his house of worship, that he expended all his salary for the summer, and then pawned his Sunday clothes. On his return to school he reports twenty-three conversions, his house of worship completed, but no money in his pocket. If ever there was a man worthy of aid, he is. He is now in my back-yard sawing wood. You will hear from him some day. These young prophets of the Lord are making rapid progress in the knowledge of the Bible and the system of theology, and wherever they go, are beginning to be recognized by all classes as well qualified to break the Bread of Life to their people.

I am glad to report that the white people, seeing the character and efficiency of these young men, are coming to understand and appreciate our work. I believe they heartily approve what we are doing. I have repeatedly experienced their hospitality this summer, and had many conversations with them relating to our mission here. From the president of a well-known college, down to the poor man who did not know his letters, I have found nothing but approval. The time is not far distant when this approval will be more outspoken and pronounced. When the Christian men of the South and your missionary workers from the North understand each other, from that day they are one in Christian work. We bless God for this new feast of love. Pray that no political excitement may interrupt the growing good feeling.

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The Thin End of the Wedge—A First Thanksgiving Service.

REV. WILLIAM H. ASH, FLORENCE.

Our work here in Florence is the “thin end of the wedge,” and with sufficient facilities, the smiles of the Master, and patience in its workers, great good will result. The services are well attended, and sometimes the house is disagreeably filled, and we are without the proper means of ventilation. The members of the church begged me to express for them to the Association their sincere and heartfelt gratitude for the _new organ_ sent them; it has increased the interest of our services greatly. Last Thursday, Nov. 28, the first Thanksgiving service ever held in this place among the colored people was observed in our church; therefore it has a history in connection with our work here. I made it a union service, inviting the Baptists and Methodists to worship with us. This congregation of Baptists, Methodists, and Congregationalists worshipped as though Christ was the Head of the Church, instead of any one of the denominations present. The service was solemn and intelligent. It truly seemed that the Lord was in His holy temple. After service a gentleman of about sixty or seventy years of age said, “I have been here forty years, but I never heard of such a thing as a Thanksgiving service among the colored people.” This is the “dawn of a new age.” Pray for us.

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MISSOURI.

Free Schools in the State.

REV. J. E. ROY, D. D., FIELD SUPERINTENDENT.

This noble Western State, plowed by war and sowed to freedom, is now coming on with harvests of temporal and moral prosperity. As I have been going over its territory, looking after the five school-houses of the Association, I have been delighted with the evidences of progress in the free school system. It is a great joy to see in these cities and towns the new, large, two-story brick school-houses of modern style and furnishing. The system works more slowly into the back settlements. But in a Kansas City paper I see it stated that in the country places of Jackson County there are _one hundred and fifty_ of these schools. At Warrensburg I saw the imposing three-story stone edifice of the State Normal School, built by that town and its county of Johnson, and now occupied by _four hundred_ pupils from every part of the State.

Special provision is made in the law for its enforcement in behalf of free schools for the colored children. These are managed by the same school board and are supported from the same tax fund. These officers are compelled to provide schools wherever there are fifteen of such scholars in the district. If they fail to do it, it is the duty of the Superintendent to require it to be done. I met one case where the out-districts declined to co-operate with the Board in this matter, when only a threatened appeal to the Superintendent brought them to terms. I have been gratified to see the heartiness with which the five boards I have dealt with are pushing the free school system in behalf of blacks as well as whites. Nor have I been deceived, as some may imagine.

The Lincoln Institute at the Capitol, as a Normal School for colored teachers, receives an annual appropriation from the State of $5,000. A democratic editor told me that that was considered as a matter of honor, and that so there was no danger of its being discontinued. This institution of sacred name had also a sacred origin. For its founding, the 62d and 65th Regiments of U. S. colored infantry, when discharged from service in January, 1866, contributed a fund of $6,379. The Freedmen’s Bureau furnished $8,000; the Western Sanitary Commission, $2,000; and agents Beal and Lane raised $2,000. The building is of brick, 60×70 feet, three stories high, a comely structure crowning a hill just out of Jefferson City. Its current catalogue enrolls 123 students. It is controlled by a local board, of which the Governor and State Superintendent are _ex-officio_ members. Revs. R. D. Foster and M. Henry Smith have served as principals the most of the time since it was opened in 1871.

The Association has its five school houses at Troy, Fulton, Westport, Warrensburg and Lebanon. These were procured in part by aid from the Freedmen’s Bureau in 1867–9. They were at first run by teachers sent from the North, but were gradually taken up by the local school boards. I find them all in such use now. Three will probably be sold to those boards at their present low valuation. Two will be sold to local colored Methodist churches, as the schools require larger and better houses, which the authorities intend to build. These houses have also been used all the time as places of worship by the colored people. The seven or eight colored teachers in these schools were educated in Lincoln, Fisk, and kindred institutions. I have found them young people of character, and of tact in handling their schools. They have to be examined. They receive from $35 to $45 a month, about the same as white common-school teachers.

The A. M. A. has done the work of initiation. By this tour of inspection I am deeply convinced of the wisdom of the A. M. A. in putting its strength upon Normal and Collegiate institutions, and so doing a wholesale business. Raise up teachers and send them back into the country. Raise up the men and women for the professions and for the higher walks of social life. That is the work.

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AFRICA.

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A CHURCH ORGANIZED AND DEDICATED AT AVERY

A meeting of Counsel and Advice was convened September 29th at Avery Station, by order of Rev. Floyd Snelson, and, on solicitation of the minister in charge, Rev. A. E. Jackson, to organize and dedicate a church to God. Owing to our inability to reach Avery on Saturday in time to hold preliminary exercises, examination of candidates for admission, etc., this part of our duty was deferred till Sunday morning. This, with our other duties, made our programme for the day quite full.

Early Sunday morning the Board met in the church to begin the labors of the day. The sun shone brightly, yet we could but feel that many round us were groping in darkness, without any clear idea of Him in whose image they are made. Brother Snelson was elected moderator, and A. P. Miller secretary. Brother Gomer, General Agent of Shengay Mission, who favored us with his presence, offered prayer. “Guide me, oh! Thou great Jehovah!” was sung.

In absence of letter missive, the minister in charge gave his reasons why a church should be established or organized at Avery. He spoke of the willingness of the people to receive the story of the Cross; said that some came far to hear “God palaver,” and express their joy in being permitted so to do. Brother Hallock, the interpreter (native), and Brother Wise, were asked several questions. Their reasons were clear and very satisfactory. It seems evident that the industrial work at this station, which gives employment to many, is a means of good both to mission and people. It was deemed fit to organize a church at Avery, to be known as the Second Congregational Church of the Mendi Mission.

By 11 o’clock, at the ringing of the second bell, the chapel was crowded with natives, for the most part in native costume. Brother Snelson spoke to them through an interpreter, telling them the object of our coming together. The candidates for admission to the Church were then called forward. “A charge to keep I have” was sung by the congregation. Prayer was offered by Brother Snelson, after which the missionary hymn, “From Greenland’s icy mountains,” was sung; and as it was being sung, each missionary, as he looked upon the sable congregation, could but feel that the “harvest is plenteous, but the laborers are few.”

The roll was then called by Brother Jackson; after which the candidates were examined, and by vote of the Council eighteen were received into full membership. Some of the candidates were not received because of not being legally married. They were instructed to attend to this matter, and then they might be received into the church. They are to remain under watch-care until this obligation is met. After examination of candidates, Brother Snelson spoke to them about things peculiar to their country—slavery, polygamy, etc. The meeting was then dismissed to meet at 7 P. M. Brother Gomer, who has for years known our work, expressed his astonishment at seeing so large a congregation assembled in the house of God at this place, and at the good order kept throughout the exercises. Some of those received were old members, while others were new converts, among whom were three chiefs, Peah Carle, Carray Phemah, and Sei Lōtō. These men exercise a vast influence over their people, and their being reached makes the reaching of their people easier.

The people assembled at the ringing of the second bell. “Praise God from Whom all blessings flow” was sung. Brother Snelson then led the congregation in the Lord’s Prayer. A hymn was sung, after which the Rev. J. Gomer offered prayer. “Alas! and did my Saviour bleed?” was sung. Portions of Scripture were read by A. P. Miller. The services of organization and dedication were combined, owing to want of time. Brother Snelson spoke through the interpreter, and told the candidates what their step meant—turning from death unto life. The church, too, he said, we had come together to dedicate to God and His service. Brother Snelson preached, choosing Luke xii. 32, as his text—“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” A comparison was made between the people to whom these words were spoken and these our benighted brethren. The promises of God were dwelt upon. We must trust in Him for salvation. The dedicatory prayer was then offered by Rev. A. P. Miller. A hymn was sung. The right hand of fellowship was given by Bro. A. E. White. The address was delivered by Rev. J. Gomer. The Lord’s supper was then celebrated; Brothers Gomer and Jackson presided. It was a solemn scene. The Doxology was sung, and the benediction pronounced by A. P. Miller. The meeting was one long to be remembered. One more stronghold is now erected in this land of night to tear down the powers of darkness. We have all reason to thank God for His blessings thus far. A better day is dawning for these benighted, long-neglected sons of Africa.

Brother Gomer says that more laborers (colored) are wanted in his mission. We, too, in a work so vast, can but ask God to prepare such as are needed for a work so difficult.

We ask the prayers of all lovers of mankind that the work begun here may not only succeed, but that its influence may be far-reaching.

REV. FLOYD SNELSON, _Moderator_.
REV. A. P. MILLER, _Secretary_.

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THE INDIANS.

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THE LATE INDIAN WAR AND CHRISTIANITY.

REV. MYRON EELLS, S’KOKOMISH, WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

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We have had another Indian war, and, as usual, there has been a cry in favor of turning the Indians over to the War Department. There are some, however, of us who will persist in seeing something favorable to Christianity and the present policy even in this war, and we think we have our reasons for it.

I do not propose, at present, to thoroughly discuss the causes of the war, for I am not well enough acquainted with them to do so intelligently. Some will lay the blame on Government, some on a Christian policy, and some on the Indians. Perhaps all may have to bear a part. Although I believe that the Government has often treated the Indians wrongfully, yet a long course of observation has convinced me that the Indians are not all saints, and when the Government is often crooked, either intentionally or unintentionally, and two crooked sticks come together, there is almost always sure to be trouble.

The published statements of General Crook, who is not supposed to be very sentimental in his feelings toward the Indians, and who was at the Fort Hall Agency at the beginning of the war, implicates the Government severely.

A residence of nearly three years in Idaho, 1871–1874, in the very region of the war, led me to believe that very little was energetically done for Christianizing those Indians. This has been true at some Agencies. Their annual reports show that while the Government opened wide the doors for Christian work, when the present policy was adopted, and said, “We will give you opportunity, encouragement and aid, if you will only send the Indians missionaries,” yet that Christians have failed to take hold of the work as they ought to have done. If this was true of the Indians engaged in the late war, Christians may have to bear a part of the blame.

Notwithstanding all this, some laurels have been added by the late war to the Christian work which has been done among the Indians. One “who wishes to be understood” has written a letter in which he speaks very harshly against the Christian workers on the Yakama Reservation, where Father Wilbur, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, has been successfully laboring for sixteen years. He says: “The present reservation system is a failure in every respect. We, who daily come in contact with the Indians, cannot be made to believe that prayer-books, praying generals, and Methodist preachers, (or any other preachers,) are a good safeguard against the tomahawk and the scalping-knife; and the pseudo-philanthropists, the Christian-mongers of the East, who are paying thousands to send missionaries among these barbarians, would do us a favor if they would keep them away; and if the U. S. Government would be less influenced in its conduct toward the Indians by the advocates of Christianity, our wives and children might be annually spared the sight of murdered husbands and fathers. So far we have been loyal, while Indians, with passes from Wilbur and other Agents, have been on the war-path. We have reliable information that some of the dead Indians found after the battles near Pendleton had on their persons passes from Wilbur.”

Now it is probably a fact that some of the Umatilla Indians, and perhaps a few of the Yakamas, were engaged in aiding the enemy. There are always some renegade Indians connected with each tribe, as well as white renegades and tramps. As tribes, however, they did not engage in the war, and comparatively few individuals did.

In the Indian war of 1855–6, before Father Wilbur went among these same Yakamas, they were the leading spirits, and it was the most wide-spread war which has ever devastated this coast. If they and the Umatillas had joined in this war, it would have been far more terrible than it has been. Inducements were not wanting to lead them into it. It is said on good authority that two thousand horses were offered them by the hostiles if they would join them, and yet they refused. An army officer in command of one of the battles said that some of those Indians did nobly in aiding our soldiers to gain the victory.

It may be said that they had too much permanent property in homes and farms, to allow them to engage in the war; for they knew that if they should do so, they would certainly in the end lose it all. This is undoubtedly so; and yet when Father Wilbur went among them they had none of this kind of property, but only movable property which they could carry with them even in war, as the Bannocks have done. It is a fact that Christianity gave them this property.

It may again be said that they were thoroughly whipped in 1855–6 and were afraid to engage in war again. They were thus whipped, and the remembrance of it may, even now, do them good. But in 1862–3 Gen. Crook, the noted Indian fighter, just as thoroughly thrashed the Indians in Idaho, in precisely the same region where the late war was carried on, and the praise of his effectual work is still in the mouths of the old citizens. This was seven years later than the Yakama war, and so much fresher in the minds of the Indians. No, it was evidently Christianity which prevented their joining in the war.

Gen. Howard, too, has added new laurels to his reputation. It must be remembered that he is the principal one of our generals who has not been in favor of the transfer of the Indians to the War Department. This praying general has prosecuted the war with such vigor that the strong papers with strong arguments have sustained him, and almost invariably those who went with him in his rough marches have defended him, such as newspaper correspondents, scouts and the like, and the “stay at homes” have been about the only ones who have found fault. His recent conference with the Umatilla Indians since the war has shown such firmness, justice and Christianity as to win for him very many friends among those who previously opposed him, thus showing again that Christianity is the way of dealing with the Indians. So Christianity has won its laurels even in this war.

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THE CHINESE.

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“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.”

Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association.

PRESIDENT: Rev. J. K. McLean, D. D. VICE-PRESIDENTS: Rev. A. L. Stone, D. D., Thomas C. Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon. F. F. Low, Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D. D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S. H. Willey, D. D., Edward P. Flint, Esq., Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D., Jacob S. Taber, Esq.

DIRECTORS: Rev. George Mooar, D. D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer, Rev. E. P. Baker, James M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, Rev. John Kimball, E. P. Sanford, Esq.

SECRETARY: Rev. W. C. Pond. TREASURER: E. Palache, Esq.

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“THE CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN CHINESE.”

Its Origin and Organization.

REV. WM. C. POND, SAN FRANCISCO.

Soon after our work among the Chinese began to yield results in souls apparently converted, I felt the necessity of banding the converts together for mutual fellowship, for instruction, and for test-work; for it seemed unwise, considering the difficulties under which we must labor in determining the genuineness of the conversions, to bring them at once to baptism and the church. Yet they must not be left quite outside the fold, and I proposed to them the organization of _The Chinese Christian Class_, into which any Chinese might come who, in the judgment of those already members of the class, had begun to believe in Christ. This class was to have frequent meetings for prayer and for instruction in the Bible; its members were to maintain a fraternal watchfulness over each other, and were to be baptized only when, through a probation of at least six months, they had proved to be steadfast and true.

This class at first comprised only such Chinese as had been led to Christ through the work of the Third Congregational Church in this city, of which I was then the pastor. Afterwards it was found desirable to receive to membership the Chinese connected with other congregations, and to enlarge somewhat the scope or design of the class. It was therefore reorganized under its present name, but with the same principles and conditions of membership. Some of the benefits, in the way of mutual aid and protection, which the heathen Chinese seek to secure through their “Six Companies,” our Christian Chinese, who have renounced all connection with the “Six Companies,” gain through this Association. Its rooms are their places of resort; a sort of home. They have made a little beginning towards a library of Chinese works, mainly religious, written by the missionaries. The regulations of this Association, prepared by the Chinese, without assistance or suggestion, so far as I know, from any American, have been translated for me into English, and will be printed in full in our Annual Report. I quote here the 2d, 3d, 6th, and 8th Articles:

“2d. Any one who desires to become a member of this Association must forsake idolatry and all bad habits, and prove himself to be a follower of Christ. He must bring references from one or more members. His name must be brought before the Society a week before he can be admitted, and he is received upon a vote of two-thirds of the members. He must himself sign his name, and pay the sum of two dollars as entrance fee, and twenty-five cents every three months, this money being used to defray the expenses of the Association. He is expected to do all he can to bring in new members, and to lead his countrymen to Christ.”

“3d. The members are expected to take part in the meetings for worship, giving counsel and encouragement to one another. If any member does wrong, he is to be kindly entreated and led back to the right.”

“6th. If any member continue in the violation of the regulations of the Association, after three successive remonstrances, he must be expelled from the Association. If he afterwards repent and desire to come back, he is admitted without an entrance fee; his admittance depending upon the sincerity of his repentance, as judged by the members of the Association.”

“8th. If any member desire to go back to China, he must give notice to the Association one month beforehand. He must not go until he has paid all his debts here. If he is really obliged to go before he can pay his debts, he must find some one who will be security for him.”

There are now four Branch Associations, two in San Francisco, one in Oakland, and one in Sacramento. Each branch supports itself and is governed by its own officers. There are three—President, Vice-President, and Secretary who also acts as Treasurer. The statistics of these “Branches” are as follows: Oakland, 36 members, one expelled, five gone to China, 11 baptized; total contributions, $472.20, of which $117.25 was for Bible and missionary work in California and China. Sacramento, 14 members; contributions, $103.80. San Francisco, 82 members, four expelled, two gone to China, 10 baptized; contributions, $351.00, of which $178.00 were for Bible and missionary work. Bethany (San Francisco), 9 members, 3 baptized; contributions $244.50, of which $71.00 were for Bible and missionary purposes. There are besides these, 23 members belonging to the Central Association, who on account of their places of residence are not yet identified with any “Branch,” so that the total membership is 164. Of these 33 were received the past year. The total amount contributed for all purposes was $1,181.50.

Besides this company of 164, there are 30 or more Chinese who have been converted, as we hope, at Santa Barbara, San Leandro, Stockton and elsewhere, in connection with our schools; and besides the contributions above reported, there has been raised at Petaluma, Stockton and elsewhere, certainly not less than $100. When we consider the poverty of these young men, the smallness of their wages, the drafts made upon them for parents and others dependent upon them in China, then this $1,300 which they have contributed during the past year for the nurture of their own Christian life, or for the salvation of others, grows to its true proportions—in our view, a token of real Christian heroism.

I quote the closing sentences of the statement written for me by the Secretary of the Association: “No death has occurred during the past year. Our Heavenly Father has greatly prospered us, for which we return Him hearty thanks. We are grateful that He has put into our hearts a desire to have our parents and countrymen in China brought to a knowledge of the Christian religion. We are endeavoring to open a Chapel in Chuck Hum, China, and if we only had means, could open as many as we desire. Most all the letters that are sent to China members of the Association contain something about the Christian religion, and urging the people at home to discard idols and believe in the Saviour.”

OUR LAST MONTH’S WORK,

as I reviewed it in the monthly reports, saddened me, and brought over me the first big _wave_ of discouragement which I have felt since I entered on this service. The enrolment and the attendance were both much less than I expected, and some of our smaller schools seemed ready to die. I quote from one of these reports as an example: “You will see that the average is very low, and I am afraid it will be still lower. The boys seem to have lost their interest in the school, and I am afraid that I am losing mine. It is very discouraging to me, after doing a hard day’s work (for I am working very hard just now), to walk three-fourths of a mile and then have but one or two come to the school. Thank God there are one or two faithful ones.” * * * “Now, Mr. Pond, I have laid the case before you, and I ask your prayers in behalf of this little school struggling to keep alive, and for the teacher also, that he may not weary in well-doing, but that God will help him bear this cross and try to save, at least, one soul.” To receive letter after letter like that, while it draws out one’s love and prayer for the writer, sets one also to asking, “Where is the Lord,” and what will become of our work at this rate? But before the reports were all in, news came that _six_, at least, during the month, had forsaken their idols and appeared to have become disciples of Christ, and we “thanked God and took courage.” Brethren, pray for us.

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RECEIPTS

FOR NOVEMBER, 1878.

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MAINE, $163.74.

Belfast. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $3.00
Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of which
$25.55 _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._)
$51.97.—Second Cong. Sab. Sch. $20, _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 71.97
Castine. Mrs. Lucy S. Adams. $10. (ad’l) to
const. REV. LEWIS J. THOMAS, L. M.—W. H. W.,
50c. 10.50
Farmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.07
Hallowell. Mrs. Flagg, $10; H. K. Baker, $5;
_for Printing Press, Talladega, Ala._
(Incorrectly ack. in Dec. number.)
Searsport. First Cong. Soc. 25.00
Thomaston. “Matt. vi. 3” 10.00
Wells. B. Maxwell 15.00
Wilton. Cong. Ch. 9.20

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $217.75.

Amherst. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.00
Candia Village. Jona. Martin 5.00
Concord. Ladies of North Ch., bbl. of C.
Exeter. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.
$27.—“Friends” in Second Cong. Ch. $12, _for
a Teacher_ 39.00
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.37
Keene. Mrs. Wm. W. 0.50
Kensington. “Friends” _for N. H. Memorial
Inst., Wilmington, N. C._ 6.70
Milford. Peter and Cynthia S. Burns, $30;
First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $23 53.00
New Ipswich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of which $27.
_for Wilmington Memorial Inst._) $31.41;
Proceeds of 16th Annual Fair, held by
Children of Cong. Ch. $12 43.41
Plainfield. Mrs. Hannah Stevens, _for N. H.
Memorial Inst., Wilmington, N. C._ and to
const. TENNY K. PAGE, L. M. 30.00
Plymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.16
Thornton’s Ferry. Individuals, by Mrs. H. N.
Eaton 4.00
Warner. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.61

VERMONT, $244.22

Burlington. M. C. Torrey 5.00
Charlotte. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. JOSEPH
S. SHAW, L. M. 37.60
Chelsea. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.00
Newbury. P. W. Ladd 5.00
Norwich. Mrs. S. J. Kellogg 2.00
Ripton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.00
Saint Johnsbury. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Blodgett,
to const. REV. WILLIAM P. BENNETT, L. M. 30.00
Stowe. Cong. Ch. to const. ALBERT H. CHENEY,
L. M. 43.43
Tunbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.59
West Enosburgh. Henry Fassett 5.00
West Fairlee. Cong. Ch. $12; “A Friend” $1 13.00
Westford. Cong. Ch. and Society 10.00
West Westminster. Cong. Ch. 12.45
Windham. Cong. Ch. 12.54; Rev. D. N. Goodrich,
$2 14.54
Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.61

MASSACHUSETTS, $4,329.83.

Andover. Mrs. Jonathan Poor, $15.50.—“A
Friend,” $4.00, _for Straight U._ 19.50
Berkley. Cong. Ch. 25.68
Boston. Shawmut Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($25 _of
which for Wilmington, N. C._) 654.51
Boston. —— —— $15.00; “A Friend,” 75 c.; S. D.
Smith, 2 organs, val. $200 15.75
Boston Highlands. Immanuel Ch. Sab. School 20.11
Cambridgeport. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. Pilgrim
Cong. Ch., $30.00, to const. Mrs. W. A.
WARD, L. M.; Prospect St. Cong. Sab. School,
$12.34 42.34
Brimfield. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., bbl. of C.
Brookline. E. H. C. 2.00
Danvers Centre. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Straight
U._ 25.00
Dorchester. “A Friend,” 1.00
Easthampton. Payson Cong. Sab. Sch. 50.00
Enfield. Edward Smith 200.00
Fitchburgh. Cal. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 158.00
Fitchburgh. J. A. Conn, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 50.00
Florence. Florence Ch. 110.00
Foxborough. Cong. Sab. Sch. $5.40; W. P. P.,
50c. 5.90
Framingham. Ladies of Plym. Ch., 2 bbls. of C.
Georgetown. Sab. Sch. Class in Memorial Ch. 10.00
Globe Village. Evan. Ch. 34.76
Harvard. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $27.75; Carrie S.
Dixon, $10, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 37.75
Harwich. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 2 bbls. of C.
_for Marion, Ala._
Holbrook. Winthrop Cong. Ch. 48.34
Holden. Mrs. J. T. 0.50
Jamaica Plain. Central Cong. Ch. _in part_ 340.48
Lawrence. Central Cong. Sab. Sch. _for
Straight U._ 10.00
Lee. Cong. Sab. Sch. 75.00
Leominster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.25
Lexington. Hancock Cong. Church 12.43
Littleton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., bbl. of C.
Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch. (F. F. Battles) 50.00
Lunenburg. “Friend.” 5.00
Lynnfield Centre. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 0.25
Malden. W. A. Wilde, $25, _for bell, Atlanta,
Ga._; H. R. B. $1 26.00
Medfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
GEO. F. KERN and MISS AUGUSTA P. ADAMS, L.
M.’s 60.00
Milford. Con. Sab. Sch. _for Chinese M._ 19.00
Millbury. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. half bbl. of
bedding, _for Atlanta U._
Myricksville Precinct. Cong. Sab. Sch. 20.00
Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 110.85
New Bedford. Trin. Cong. Ch. 49.74
Newburyport. No. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.27
Newton. Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc. 140.75
Norfolk. “Friends” $20, _for Woodbridge, N.
C._; Cong. Sab. Ch. $8; Cong. Ch. and Soc.
$6.75 34.75
Northampton. “W.” 100.00
Northbridge. Phebe S. Marsh 5.00
North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
Norwich. Mrs. S. J. Kellogg, pkg. of C.
Norwood. Mrs. H. N. Fuller 5.00
Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.50
Peabody. South Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Straight
U._ 25.00
Pepperell. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Phillipston. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. bbl. of C.
Rehoboth. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Rockport. John Parsons 3.00
Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Salem. South Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Straight U._ 25.00
Scotland. James M. Leonard 2.00
South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Southampton. Cong. Ch. $14; Benj. N. Norton $3 17.00
Southbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 38.55
Southfield. “Friends,” $1.10 and pkg. S. S.
books 1.10
South Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 34.00
Springfield. Memorial Ch. 24.48
Tewksbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 41.25
Taunton. Winslow Ch. and Soc. 40.81
Truro. Rev. E. W. N. 1.00
Westborough. Freedmen’s Mission Assn., 3 bbls.
of C., _one of which for Atlanta U._
Whitinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1,158.50
Winchendon. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.
$9.64; Geo. Cummings, $10 19.64
Winchester. Stephen Cutter 5.00
West Newton. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.11
Worcester. Union Ch., $60.62; Old So. Cong.
Ch., $54.36 114.98

RHODE ISLAND, $198.95.

Central Falls. Cong. Ch. 73.95
Providence. “A Friend,” $100; Josiah Chapin,
$25 125.00

CONNECTICUT, $893.73.

Ansonia. Cong. Ch. 32.00
Ashford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00
Avon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 120.00
Black Rock. Mrs. J. P. Britten 5.00
Colchester. Rev. S. G. Willard _for Straight
U._ 20.00
East Haddam. C. Higgins 5.00
East Woodstock. H. C. 0.25
Enfield. First Cong. Ch. 14.74
Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch. 28.00
Georgetown. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Glastenbury. Cong. Ch. 150.00
Groton. Cong. Sab. Sch. 15.46
Guilford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Hartford. Pearl St. Cong. Ch. $86.50; Windsor
Ave. Cong. Ch. $27.60.—Mrs. Chas. F. Howard,
$25, _for Howard U._ 139.10
Kensington. Cong. Sab. Sch. 1.00
Lebanon. First Ch. and South Soc. $18; Betsy
Metcalf, $10 28.00
Meriden. Julius W. Yale 5.00
Milford. Rev. Geo. H. Griffin, $5; Albert
Baldwin, $5; Lucy B. Miles, $10, _for
Printing Press, Talladega, Ala._
(incorrectly ack. in Dec. number.)
New Canaan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.30
New Hartford. First Cong. Sab. Sch., John
Richard’s Bible Class, $5; Rev. F. H. Adams’
Bible Class, $5, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00
New Haven. College St. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
North Granby. First Cong. Ch. 5.35
Norwalk. First Cong. Ch. 36.86
Plantsville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00
Stamford. First Cong. Ch. 26.52
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 20.15
West Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
West Meriden. H. C. 1.00
Wethersfield. Horace Savage 2.00
Winchendon. Coll. by I. A. Bronson 15.00
Woodbury. North Cong. Ch. 17.00
——. “A Friend,” 50.00

NEW YORK, $877.45.

Adams Basin. L. D. 1.00
Brooklyn. J. Davenport 50.00
Buffalo. W. G. Bancroft 200.00
Clyde. ESTATE of T. Grimshaw, by A. Traver, Ex. 100.00
Crown Point. Second Cong. Ch. 6.00
Derby. Mrs. J. B. 1.00
Franklin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.66
Hancock. Cong. Ch. 0.25
Hopkinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.00
Ithaca. Mrs. H. Selby and others 1.50
Lockport. H. W. Nichols 5.00
Madison. G. H. H. 0.51
Newark Valley. Cong. Ch. 26.13
New York. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dodge, _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._, $200; E. S., 40c 200.40
Norwich. “A Friend,” $20; Mrs. R. A. B. $1 21.00
Nunda. Four Ladies of Presb. Ch., bbl. of C.
and $1 _for Freight_ 1.00
Oriskany. A. Halsey, Mrs. L. B. Porter, and
Rev. S. F. Porter, $5 ea. 15.00
Paris. Val. Pierce $12, Mrs. Pierce $5 17.00
Penn Yan. Chas. C. Sheppard 150.00
Randolph. MRS. DEMARIUS SHELDON, to const.
herself L. M. 30.00
Utica. Bethesda Welsh Cong. Ch. 10.00
——. “A Friend,” 5.00

NEW JERSEY, $71.

Boonton. Mrs. W. G. L. 1.00
Montclair. First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Hampton Inst._ 70.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $31.00.

Centre Road. J. A. Scovel 5.00
Newcastle. Mrs. J. W. 1.00
Pittsburgh. Third Presb. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00

OHIO, $144.80.

Berea. First Cong. Ch. 2.50
Brownhelm. Cong. Ch. 16.80
Cleveland. M. H. B. 0.50
East Cleveland. Mrs. Mary Walkden 2.00
Edinburg. Cong. Ch. 19.00
Hudson. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Lenox. Balance Subscription, _for Tougaloo
Inst._, by Nelson French 4.50
Mechanicstown. S. M. 1.00
Medina. Cong. Ch. and So., bal. to const. W.
F. ECCLESTON and T. E. ROWE, L. M’s.—50 cts.
additional for _Tougaloo U._ 15.50
Nelson. Dea. Harvey Pike 5.00
Rochester. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Twinsburgh. L. W. and R. F. Green 4.00
Wellington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00

INDIANA, $5.00.

Kokoma. Cong. Ch. 5.00

ILLINOIS, $112.91.

Chicago. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. 5.00
Delavan. R. Houghton 8.00
Evanston. Cong. Ch. 42.03
Galesburg. ESTATE Warren C. Willard, by Prof.
T. R. Willard 14.00
Huntley. Rev. D. C. 1.00
Kewanee. Mrs. C. E. Chapin, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 5.00
Nora. G. W. Warner 10.00
Rantoul. Cong. Ch. 2.88
Rockford. Mrs. Penfield, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 10.00
Princeton. Mrs. J. T. Wells 15.00

MICHIGAN, $497.19.

Ann Arbor. Dea. Sylvester Morris 5.00
Cross Village. Mrs. A. A. C. 0.50
Detroit. First Cong. Ch. 293.56
East Riverton. Mrs. J. Barnes 10.00
Hudson. Individuals 3.50
Hillsdale. J. W. Ford 2.00
Jackson. Mrs. R. M. Bennett 1.50
Kalamazoo. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $5.19;
Friends, $3.30 8.49
Lodi. Eli Benton 40.00
Olivet. Wm. J. Hickok, $10 _for Camp Nelson_,
$5 _for Emerson Inst._, $5 _for Indian M._
and $5 _for Chinese M._ 25.00
Niles. Dr. James Lewis 5.00
Port Huron. First Cong. Ch. 34.00
Romeo. Cong. Ch. 35.42
Saint Clair. Cong. Ch. 22.22
Vienna. Union Cong. Ch. 11.00

IOWA, $183.48.

Anamosa. Cong. Ch. 13.83
Castalia. W. H. Baker and family, to const.
MRS. HANNAH WILLIAMS, L. M. 35.00
Davenport. Capt. A. E. Adams, _for
Scholarship, Talladega C._ 50.00
Elk River. Cong. Ch. 3.00
Iowa Falls. Cong. Ch. 8.00
Maquoketa. Missionary Soc. of Cong. Ch. 20.04
Monona. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Monticello. Children’s Band 0.20
Riceville. Girls’ Miss. Soc. 10.90
Stacyville. Cong. Ch. 14.21
Traer. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 10.00
Waterloo. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. 12.30

WISCONSIN, $29.68.

Beloit. First Cong. Ch., bale of C. _for
Montgomery, Ala._
Geneva Lake. W. H. H. 0.50
Fort Atkinson. Cong. Ch. 15.18
Waupun. Cong. Soc. 14.00

KANSAS, $3.50.

Russell. S. H. Falley 2.50
Solomon City. M. W. E. 1.00

MINNESOTA, $90.33.

Lake City. Sab. Sch. and Friends, _for
Straight U._ 41.00
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 19.33
Hawley. Adna Colburn, Sr., $20; Adna Colburn,
Jr., $10 30.00

WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $22.96.

S’kokomish. Cong. Ch. of Christ 18.10
White River. Cong. Ch. 4.86

NEBRASKA, $5.00.

Silver. Melinda Bowen 5.00

MISSOURI. $4.00.

Warrensburg. Rent 4.00

MARYLAND, $280.00.

Baltimore. Rev. Geo. Morris, $200 _for a
Teacher_, and $80 _for a Student, Fisk U._ 280.00

GEORGIA, $230.66.

Atlanta. Atlanta University 113.00
Brunswick. School Children, by S. B. Morse,
_for Mendi M._ 1.17
Savannah. Beach Inst. 115.60
Woodville. Pilgrim Ch., _for Mendi M._ 0.89

NORTH CAROLINA, $28.76.

Newbern. C. E. W. 0.50
Raleigh. Washington Sch. 25.50
Wilmington. Cong. Ch. 2.76

SOUTH CAROLINA, $262.66.

Charleston. Avery Inst. 262.66

CALIFORNIA, $40.00.

Oakville. A. A. Bancroft 40.00

CANADA, $15.04.

Toronto. Mrs. J. Thom ($5 _of which for Cal.
Chinese M._) 15.04
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Total 8,983.64
Total from Oct. 1st to Nov. 30th $15,835.30

H. W. HUBBARD,
_Ass’t Treas._

RECEIVED FOR DEBT.

Amherst, N. H. L. and L. K. Melendy 1000.00
East Woodstock, Conn. Rev. E. H. Pratt 1.00
New Britain, Conn. Mrs. Norman Hart 25.00
Wilton, Conn. Rev. S. J. M. Merwin 50.00
Wilton, Conn. Miranda B. Merwin 25.00
Andover, Mass. Free Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00
Florence, Mass. “A. L. W.” 500.00
Foxborough, Mass. A. L. Payson 1.00
Malden, Mass. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 159.55
Lakeville, Mass. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
MRS. CAROLINE L. WARD, L. M. 34.11
Pittsfield, Mass. Second Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Scotland, Mass. “A Friend.” 2.00
West Barnstable, Mass. Rev. B. Paine 5.00
Albany, N. Y. Mrs. M. M. Learned 25.00
Clifton Springs, N. Y. Mrs. Andrew Pierce 25.00
Fairport, N. Y. Mrs. J. E. Howard 25.00
Fairport, N. Y. Mrs. Garry Brooks 25.00
New York, N. Y. —— 25.00
Penn Yan, N. Y. Mrs. D. B. Prosser 25.00
Rochester, N. Y. Gen. A. W. Riley 25.00
Sacketts Harbor, N. Y. Mrs. Anar H. Barnes 30.00
Centre Road, Penn. J. A. Scovel 5.00
Belpre, Ohio. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Fort Recovery, Ohio. M. W. Diggs 5.00
Paddys Run, Ohio. Sarah Wilkin 5.00
Painsville, Ohio. Mrs. C. C. Beardslee 4.00
Oberlin, Ohio. Pres. J. H. Fairchild 10.00
Michigan City, Ind. Correction. J. C. Haddock,
$5. (Nov. number) should read Mrs. Clara W.
Peck, $5.
Buda, Ill. J. B. Stuart 10.00
Chicago, Ill. Prof. G. N. Boardman 5.00
Geneseo, Ill. P. H. Taylor 5.00
Providence, Ill. Correction. Mrs. H. B.
Gulliver, $6. (Nov. number) should read “A
few Friends,” $6.
Wethersfield, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Kellogg 5.00
Alamo, Mich. Julius Hackley 20.00
Broadhead, Wis. Mrs. W. W. Matter 3.50
Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. James Baker 5.00
Patch Grove, Wis. M. A. Garsich 1.00
Whitewater, Wis. Mrs. R. Coburn 1.00
Natal, South Africa. Mrs. Abbie T. Wilder 10.00
————————
Total 2,125.16
Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts 4,659.04
————————
Total 6,784.20

FOR TILLOTSON NORMAL AND COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.

Wells, Me. Mrs. B. A. Maxwell 15.00
East Hartford, Conn. H. L. Goodwin 50.00
Hartford, Conn. Mrs. John Olmstead 50.00
Hebron, Conn. B. A. Bissell 5.00
Hebron, Conn. Dea. Jasper Porter 5.00
Sing Sing, N. Y. Mrs. Harriet M. Cole, to
const. CORNELIA M. COLE, L. M. 30.00
Syracuse, N. Y. Mrs. Sarah T. Salisbury 50.00
Oberlin, Ohio. Mrs. C. C. Wheat 5.00
Olivet, Mich. Wm. B. Palmer 200.00
——. Individuals 5.00
——————
Total 415.00
Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts 190.00
——————
Total 605.00

FOR YELLOW FEVER FUND.

Thetford, Vt. Sarah J. Rugg 2.00
Portland, Conn. First Cong. Ch. 41.92
Andover, Mass. Chapel Ch. and Soc. $64.55 and
Sab. Sch. $15 79.55
Troy, N. Y. “Little Mary and Margaret Cushman
and Mamma.” 1.00
Orwell, N. Y. “A few Friends in Cong. Ch.,” by
Rev. F. N. Greeley 12.00
Orange, N. J. Trinity Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 10.00
Tabor, Iowa. Cong. Ch. 6.40
——————
152.87
Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts 154.17
——————
Total 307.04

ENDOWMENT FUND.

Norwood, Mass. ESTATE of Samuel Morrill, by
Edward H. Morrill, Ex. 500.00

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The American Missionary Association.

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AIM AND WORK.

To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its main efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens and Christians in America and as missionaries in Africa. As closely related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted CHINESE in America, and to co-operate with the Government in its humane and Christian policy towards the INDIANS. It has also a mission in AFRICA.

STATISTICS.

CHURCHES: _In the South_—In Va. 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2; Ga., 12; Ky., 7; Tenn., 4; Ala., 13; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; Texas, 5. _Africa_, 1. _Among the Indians_, 1. Total 66.

INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE SOUTH.—_Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega Ala.; Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.; and Austin, Texas, 8. _Graded or Normal Schools_: at Wilmington, Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn., 11. _Other Schools_, 18. Total 37.

TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.—Among the Freedmen, 231; among the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 17; in Africa, 14. Total, 279. STUDENTS—In Theology, 88; Law, 17; in College Course, 106; in other studies, 7,018. Total, 7,229. Scholars, taught by former pupils of our schools, estimated at 100,000. INDIANS under the care of the Association, 13,000.

WANTS.

1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the growing work in the South. This increase can only be reached by _regular_ and _larger_ contributions from the churches—the feeble as well as the strong.

2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational institutions, to accommodate the increasing numbers of students; MEETING HOUSES, for the new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and pious, for these churches.

3. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers here and missionaries to Africa—a pressing want.

Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A. office, as below.

NEW YORK H. W. Hubbard, Esq., 56 Reade Street.
BOSTON Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Room 21, Congregational House.
CHICAGO Rev. Jas. Powell, 112 West Washington Street.

MAGAZINE.

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.

Those who wish to remember the AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION in their last Will and Testament, are earnestly requested to use the following

FORM OF A BEQUEST.

“I BEQUEATH 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.”