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Von. !LI I I . JANUAR Y , 1 889. No. 1 .

We pu ss!"toour reader s, onthe oppositepage, a picture ofMr . D aniel

Hand froma photographtakensometime ago. Itpresentsthe likeness ofamanof fine physical proportions andwith energy and intelligence impr essed onthe featur es. The signatur e atthe bottomofthe picture iscopied fromone ofMr . Hand’

s recentletter s, and showsthe r emarkablephysica l vigor of amaninhis 88th yea r .

NEW YEAR'

S G REETING S.

The NewY ear opens uponus suspiciously, andwe send forth our joyousgreetingsto our patrons athome, andto our fel lowworker s inthe field.

Above allwethank G od for putting us intothis ministry forthe poor andthe ignorant, and forthe success grantedto us inprosecutingit. We have

had sor rows and anxieties, butthey havebeenfollowedby consolations anddeliver ances. The handthatpennedthe Happy NewY ea r inourMrsslonany for lastJanua ry, is now silentinthe gr ave, butthe memory of

Brother Powel l’s life and character is . so preciousthatit-mitigates our loss.

The yellow fever preventedthe openingof many of our schools, andhenad fear s of widespr ead hindranceto our workth roughoutthe South ;butthe scourge was r estrained, andthe work nowgoes onprosperously .

Our lastfisca l year drewtowards its close withthe cloud of a large debtloomingup, butour fr iends r esponded so generouslyto our appeals,thatthe year endedwith a debtso small asto be only a salutary wa rning.

Butthe crowningmercy ofthe yea r came atour AnnualMeeting, whenwe wer e ableto announcethe giftof over amil lionof dol la r s fromthatgenetons friend ofthe poor Negro,Mr . Daniel Hand. Itis a wonder ful gift,and comes ina goodway . Theincome only canbe used, andthatwill do just

F inancial—La rge G ifls ofthe Wealthy .

somuchmore forthe Negro, andwill notbe appliedtoworknowinprogr ess.We ar etemptedto fearthatour patronswill diminishtheir gifts becauseMr .Hand has beenso liber a l . Butwewill have faith inG od, who has entr ustedus withthis greatwork, andwe wil l enter uponour new year withthe fullconfidencethatevery friend ofthe Associationwho appreciates our r esponsibilitiesto Christandthe Nation, will decidethathis giftsto us sha ll beincr eased andnotdiminished inthis year of grace 1 889 .

F inancial.

Emphasis is addedtothe closingwords ofthe pr eceding a rticle byther eportof our T reasurer forthe firsttwomonths of our fisca l year , OctoberandNovember . The receipts forthosetwomonths were ,

fromdonations,fromestates, fromincome, makingatota l

for cur r entwork of $37,o46. The Associationneeds $62 ,5oo forthesetwomonths. Letus remind our patronsthatMr . Hand’

s giftwill do its ownwork andnottheir s. Wethinkthey will feelthatitis only honor ableto letMr . Hand’

s benefactionadd somuch newwork, and ‘thatitshouldnotbeused simplyto r elieve other s. The gr eat, pr essing, and stupendous workwhich rests uponthis Associationasthe repr esentative ofthe churches,

mustnotstand stil l . Patr iots and statesmenar e becomingalarmed attheSouthernsituation, andwhilethey will do whatthey cantomeetthe emergency, we believethatthe gr and solutionofthe problemis inthe Christianenlightenmentandthe industria l progress ofthe Negro. May G od gr antthatthe Christians ofthis landmay notfailto seetheir special r esponsibilities andtomeettheminthe spiritof Chr istian libera lity and self- sacrifice.

La rge G ifts qftire Wealthy .

Itis refreshingto find inthis grasping, selfish andmoney -makingwor ldthatther e are wea lthymenwho amass fortunes and usethemfor noble purposes. Itis saidthatgrowingwea lth onlytightensthe gr iponthemoneyandha rdensthe hea rtagainstthe ca lls of benevolence . Butthe examplesar e accumulatingthatgive shining evidencethatther e ar e noble exceptions .Mr . Hand has added his nametothe number . He knowsthe needs ofthe coloredpeople, and he devotes a vastfortunetotheir benefit. ButMr .Hand has notexhaustedthe Opportunities, eveninthe r ange ofthe work ofthis Association, for blessingneedy r aces ofmen, or of aidinginthe va ried

forms of effortforthe coloredpeople . Themountain r egions ofthe Southpr esentanunique andpromisingfield of effort. The inhabitants a r e a noblepeople, descendants of some ofthe bestracesthatsettled America . Their

mountainisolationseparatedthemfromthe people a roundthem. The wantof schools and churches leftthemignor ant,theirthinmountain lands kept

fl 'te SouthernSituation. 8

thempoor ; butthey never held slaves andthey wer e loya ltothe Unioninthe war . R ailr oads nowpenetr atetheir mountains and va lleys, andthehitherto unusedwea lth of mines andtimber is broughtto light. A newfuture opens outtothese people, andthe questionis, Sha llthatfuturebeone of prosperity andpiety, or one of intemperance and infidelity i” Someother manwise andwea lthy cando forthese people whatDaniel Hand has

done forthe primary and industria l educationofthe Negroes. Butthis doesnotexhaustthe openingfor large investments inthe work ofthe Association. The Indians are fewer innumberthanthe blacks or whites oftheSouth, andtheir futur ewill sooner be determinedbytheir beingincorpor atedntothe national life as citizens, yetthatproblemis notsettled, and a largefund couldbe wisely used fortheir benefit. Then,too, our higher schools

and colleges need endowment, and our church work should be indefim’tebexpanded.

I fthis reviewdoes notsucceed indrawing large gifts forthese several

objects, itmay atleastserveto showthatour wants are notallprovided for ,andthatsma ller contributors have stillthe duty andthe privilege of aidingby gifts andprayerthis goodwork of patriotismand Christianity .

THE SOUTHERN SITUATlON.

The positionofthe South is becomingoncemore clear ly defined. Be

for ethe wa r , itwas fully formulatedthus TheNegroes are aninferior r ace,and slavery istheir divine ly ordained condition. Tothis was added The

Negro questionis pur ely local, andwith itno one outside ofthe South hasany rightto inter fere. Tothese axioms agreedthe press,the pulpitandthepolitician. Butthe war came as anearthquake, withthe utter upheava l ofthese firmfoundations.

Duringthe yea r s of reconstructionand political agitation, uncertaintyprevailed, butnowagainthe Southernpositionisbecomingsettled. Itistheoldpositionwith a va riation. Itr uns The Negroes a r e aninfer ior race,

andmustbe held as a peasantclass insubjectiontothe super ior white race.Tothisthe warningis againadded This is purely a domestic affair , and all

outsider smustkeeptongues and hands off. This revised ver sionofthe oldtheory is proclaimedby Senator Eustis inhis now somewhatfamous a rticleinthe For um. More recently ithas beenr e affi rmed inthe fer vid eloquenceofMr . Gr ady, of Atlanta , inhis address atDa llas, Texas.

This isthe same orator (he is anorator ) who a fewyear s since electrifiedthewhole country by his speech atthe New Englanddinner , onthe New

South .

”Butthe logic of Southernevents has drivenhimdownagaintothe

platformofthe OldSouth .

" More recently still,the Governor of SouthCarolina, inhis messagetothe Legislature, hastakenthe same position.Thesethree gentlemen, r epresentingthe press andthe politician, are sus

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tainedbythe pulpitinthe South . For example,the Presbyterianchurch

South repels all overtures forte- unionwiththe Presbyterianchurch North,because such a re unionwould involve a practica l recognitionofthe equal

manhood ofthe inferior race. The Presbyterianchurch South does notstand alone onthis platform. Other denominations are ar rayed side by side

with it, andwe fearthateventhe Congregationalists inthe South, withtwoConfer ences inthe same State, one white andthe other black, ar e indangerof beingnumberedwiththem.

This isthe Southernposition. Itportendsthe r enewa l ofthe old antagonism. Itrepelsthe North, denyingits rightto inter fere, andthus drawsagainthe sectiona l line and above all, itsets upsharplythe antagonismof

races, consigningthe Negropermanentlyto aninfer ior place. This implies,of cour se,thatifthe Negrowill notquietly acceptthis place, he mustbecompelledto do soby force of arms, and inthis strugglethe North is notifiedthatithas no rightto inter fere. We canonly expr ess our amazementatthistheory !Withthememory ofthewar so fresh . whenthe North brokeover allwa rnings againstinter ference, and stepped into aidthe helplessslave, canthe South nowhopetomakethese warnings anymor e efi cncious?Canithopethatthe North wil l acquiesce ina quasi slavery,thatsets aside

substantially allthatitgained andestablishedbythelongwa r?And ifthe str uggle comes again, whathope of success canthe South

cherish? I f inthe lastnationalstr uggle, itwas overpoweredwhenthe slave,asMr . Gr ady acknowledges, guardedthe house while hismaster foughtforhis perpetual enslavement,whatcanitdo whenthe Negroes havetastedfreedomfor a qua rter of a century, andnownumber near ly asmany asthewhites inthe South? Itis forthe white people ofthe Southto say whetherthatstr uggle shal l come. The North does notdesir e it,the Negro does notdesire it, and we sincerely believethata large sha re ofthe people oftheSouth donotwantit. R ev. D r . Haygood.the efficientagentofthe SlaterFund, in a r ecenta rticle inTire Independent, inr eplyto Senator Eustis,voices. as we hope,the sentiments ofthoughtful andinfluentia l Southerner s.

Butitr emainsto be seenwhetherthese wise counselor s wil l be heard.

Such voices were utteredbeforethe wa r , buttheywere drowned inthe noiseof sectional hatred andthe imperious demands of slavery . G od gr antthatthe sad lessonofthe pastmay be heeded.

Inthemeantime,the A .M. A. will’

continue its efiorts atwhatitbelievestobethetrue solutionofthe Southernproblem—the Ch r istian, educationa land industria l advancementofthe color edpeople . Withthe help ofthegreatbenefactionofMr . Hand, whosemoney wasmade inthe South , and isnowconsecratedtothe South, we sha llgo forwardwith greater zea l and en

couragement. We are notpartizans we are notsectiona lists. We a re

workingforthe good of both whites andblacks, and forthe peace andprosperity of our commoncountry .

P a r agr aphs—Items f r omthe F ield. 5

Tue ELECTION of BenjaminHar risonas Presidentofthe United States,andthe r estor ationofthe R epublicanpartytopower , awakens specia l attentiontothe probable attitude of bothtowa rdsthe greatSouthernproblem.

We have no opinionto express onthe subject, andwe have no interestinitas amere pa rty question, butonly as itmay leadtothe sober and earnestinvestigationofthattranscendently importantproblemwhich requirestheunbiased and honestconsiderationofthe patriot,the statesmanandtheChristian.

THE commun ionofthe Christianpower s of Europe forthe suppressionofthe nefarious Africanslave-trade is ameasur e sanctionedby Christianityand humanity, and is inthe interestofthe wor ld'

s commerce. The efiortcanbe hopefully undertaken. The abolitionof slavery inthe WesternHemispher e—oncethe greatslavema rt—confinesthe outletofthetraffictothe easterncoastof Africa , andthe blockade canbe made more efiectivethanwhenboth sides

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ofthe greatcontinenthadtobe guarded.

AN ssr s smsnCHR ISTIAN BROTHER , whomade his wife a LifeMember ofthe Associationin1 854, andwho has added amembertothe listeach yearsince by his per sona l gift, speaks ofthe pleasure he finds inthus contr ibutingto ourtreasury, and at

,the sametime enlistingother s inour work. We

commendto our patronsthis helpful and agreeable way of doinggood.

T ry it.ITEMS FROMTHE FIELD.

F romatcacher inone of our schools inthemountaincountryAs I go amongthe homes I continua l ly see somethingnewwhich shows

me howgreata rethe needs ofthe people here. The primitive ways andsimplicity ofthemountainpeople strikeme and I sometimes imaginethatIamina country a century behindthetimes. Lastweek Imade a ca ll atthe home of one of my pupils whose mother was sick. As I enteredtheroomI couldnotdistinguishthe faces ofthose who sataboutthe fire, fortheroomhadno windows. The only lightthatcame inwasthrough adoor inanouter room, and itseemedto letinmore coldthan light. I wonder edhowmuchwork or enjoymentcould be gotoutof such dark, sma ll quarters, whilethe sick womantold of her struggle with sickness and poverty.

She a lsogave me some history of her ea r ly life, which showed a greatlackof necessary instr uctioninwhatarethe bestthings. The childrenofthishome look like sickly plants which have a lways lived inthe dark and whichhave never feltthe invigorating influence of God’

s beautiful sunshine. We

are prayingthatthe sunshine of God'

s lovemay be feltinthe hearts ofthispeople, evenifthere ar e nowindows intheir homesto letitin.

6 Items fr omthe F ield.

F roma pastor inKentucky“We are busily atwork inthismountaincountry, andaswethinkofwider

possibilities forthemountainboys, you cannotimagine our gratitude inviewof our hopesthata new industrialdepa rtmentwill be opened. Ithas beenthe subjectof many a prayer inthe closetand inteacher s'meetings, andwefeelthatallthatisneededwill be supplied accordingto His riches who gave

himself for us. He has hea rd our unitedpetitions for a pastortogatherthestr ayingflock and relieve our overworkedmissiona ries. We held our weeklyteacher s’meetingonF riday. Lastevening as we were sittingtogether as

usual, one spoke ofthe comingpastor , whenlo, he was ushered in. He has

r eally come. We rejoice inour work, butwe see somuch justahead. I longforthetimeto come whenthis interestingpeople shall be a peculia r peo

ple inthe better sense.

”

F romateacher atJonesboro, TennEach week br ings new accessionstothe school :ther e a re nownea r ly a

hundred enrol led. Allthe seats inthe prima ry rooma re in use, sothawhenMiss Smith has a full school she hasto seatsome of her scholar s inchair s. The seats inMiss Page’

s rooma re also full . We have eightpupilswho roomher e andboardthemselves . Four ofthemcome fromScottCo. ,

Va , comingninetymiles. They a re youngmenandwomen, butthey havehad ver y little opportunity for education. They a re anxiousto learnandtr yto carefully obeythe r ules ofthe school . We hopethey will gainmuch fromchurch andSunday - school andthe influencesthrowna roundthemhere, as

wel l asthe lessons fromthe school room. Y esterday we had applicationsfromfour others fromthe same region for accommodations—a youngmarriedmanand his little daughter , sevenyear s old—a youngmananda youngwoman. We said.

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’ne andwe will do our bestfor you butif other sapply we sha ll havetotellthemwe a r e full . These a re justthe kind of people wewant; eagerto learnandwillingto dothe bestthey can.

F roma school inNorth Ca rolinaY our letter ofthe a8th, informing usthatwe canhave assistance fromthe Hand Fund for a certainnumber of pupils, is received, andwe have had

a continualthanksgiving ever since . I f I couldtell you howthe mother slookedwhenItoldthem, and if I couldputdownthetones oftheir voicesas wel l astheir words, youwould be surethatthe help is appreciated.

”

The pastor ofthe church andteacher ofthe Theologica l DepartmentofStraightUniver sity writes us

“The r eligious interesthas so deepenedthatfor sever a l weeks I have

beenprcachingthreetimes a week. Four or five prayer meetings have beensta rtedbythe students oftheir own accord ineach other ’s rooms. E levenunitedwith us onprofessionof faith atour lastcommunion, and asmany

more havemade a startatdifferentmeetings. and will unite with us atthenextcommunion. A remar kable feature aboutthe work isthe factthatnumber s ofthe older students who ar emostdeeply interested are R omanCatholics. One youngmanwho unitedwith us is a Spaniard fromMatamoras,Mexico, and has beeneducated as a R omanCatholic. I believe hemaybe counted onto do loya l service inhis native city. Inthis waythe A.M.A. is ever doing

‘foreignwork,

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andworkwhich I be lieve willtel l inMexico,Cuba, andthe Centr a l AmericanStates.

I f some benevolentfriend inthe North would send ustwenty - five

copies of Sta lker ’s Life of Christ,itwouldbe of gr eathelpinthis wor

Informationrespectinga very inter esting reviva l of r eligioncomesto usfromSherwood, Tenn.

Increased r eligious interestis r eported fromFisk Univer sity, Nashville,Tenn.

Theteacher s inthe Norma l School atLexingtona r etakingnewcour

age intheir work inviewoftheir increasing facilities .

ONE of our youngmenwho expectstotake upmissiona ry wor kthis fa llthus expresses himself I don’tsupposethatI know verymuch ; butonething I know, andthatisthe Dakota Bible. I can readthattothe peopleandtalk aboutitinmy own language, andthey canunderstandme, andthatis whatthey need;they needthe Bible.

” Wor d Ca r r ier .

A CHINAMAN '

S VIEW or A FAMILIAR Ta r n—The writer was for atimea pupil inthe White StreetMissionSchool inNew Y or k, buthe is now a

prosperous laundrymanatKingston, N. Y . Ina r ecentletterto one of hisformerteacher s, he givesthe fol lowingbitof New Testamentexegesis : I

ledthe Y oungMen’s ChristianAssociationmeeting onthe Sunday beforeJanuary r 1th. The subjectwhich I gave out: The Chr istianmustbe borntwice ;’ and also r eadthe Scriptur es inchapter iii ofthe Gospe l St. John,and explaintothem. I said if amaninthis wor ld borntwice, he only dieonce, and if amanbornonce he dietwice. Imeanif amanborntwice hemustbornagainofthe spirit; his soul sha ll save ;thatis, he only die once.

I f amanbornonce his body shall die and his soul a lsoperish ;thatis, he dietwice. Afterthemeetingwas pass one ofthe old gentlemancametomeand said,

‘Are you amissionary?’ I answered him‘

No.

’

I said‘I ama

laundryman.

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AndgoodpeoplethoughtI was missionary.

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8 Systematic fi rmding.

F U LL or c ouna cxuxN'rtothe worker s forthe Chinese here inAmer i

ca isthe factthatmostofthe students enteringthe newChristiancollegeinCantonwer e former ly Sunday - school schola r s inAmerica . Mostoftheseconverted Chinamenwho returntotheir owncountry are saidtotaketheirpartinvarious forms of Chr istianwork. Whataninspir ationtothe patientteacher , who spends anhour or more every Sunday intryingto Christianizea single Chinaman,tothinkthat, inthis indirectway , he, or more frequentlyshe,may be helpingonthe conver sionof China—7k Congr egatrbnalr’st.

These very justr emarks ar e equa lly applicabletothe workthe AmericanMissiona ry Associationis doingso large ly and effectively amongthe Chineseonthe Pacific coast. A letter fromMr . Pond gives usthis cor roborativeitem:

OnMonday evening,November 26,we expectto hold a farewellmeetingfor Joe Jet, once one of ourmissionary helper s, who is goingbackto Chinato super intendmissiona ry operations for our ChineseMissionary Society .

Hetakes over with him, contributed forthis purpose bythe Chineseconnectedwith our mission. TothisMissionary Society, our ChristianChinese contribute r egula r ly eachmonth, fromtwenty- fiveto fifty cents . They

aimto do quite a la rge work, whichthey hopethatthe repr esentatives ofthe Boardwill superintend, butthe whole expense of whichthey meantobea r .

”

The AmericanMissiona ry Associationhas beengreatly amicted inthedeath ofMr s. George A. Woodard,the wife ofthe Principal of GregoryInstitute, Wilmington, N. C. She was amostdevotedmissionary, consecr atingher earnestness and fidelitytothe cause of Christ. She will be sadlymissedbythe coloredpeople of Wilmington, andbythosewho ar e inmatesofthe Teacher s’ Home atGr egory Institute.

SYSTEMATIC SPENDING .

BY m. 0. J . R YBI E.

The pastor of a Bostonchurch r ecently handedtothe DistrictSecr etaryofthe A.M. A. 81 , sayingas he did so: Thatone dollar is really mor ethansome hundr eds of dollar s. Itisthe giftof a poor womaninmy con

gregationwhodepends uponher ownlabor for support. Shegivesthisdollartothe A .M. A. fromher hard economy .

”Itmay bethatGod's decimal

pointingis notthe same as our s inmany cases.

Onatable ofthe same districtofi ce ofthe A.M. A. ,there stands a

little brownpasteboardbox. Inita re sometracts offer ed for sale. Alltheproceeds fromtheir sale go intothetr easury oftheAssociation. Thesetracts

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were printed atthe expense of a poor womanwho has spenta longand use

ful life inser vice for other s. She comes intothatofficenowand againtosee if her giftis increasing. She is notfashionably dr essed. No! She

never drivestothe Congr egational House ina car riage. I doubtif she oftenenjoysthe luxury of a street- car ride, a lthough she is upward of seventyyear s of age ; and yetshenever comesthroughthatofiicedoor butshe bringswith herthe brightglory of spiritua l sunshine, andthewealth of her Lord’

s

ownpr esence. She is pinchingher self inalmostpainful economythatshemay have Sr ootogivetothis greatmissionwork before she dies, and

Her greatR edeemer shallcallhertoinheritThe heavenof wealth longgarner edupfor her .

”

Nowletusturna momenttothe other side ofthe A.M. A. work. I

hold inmy hand a letter writtenuponthis scr ap of paper by a color edboyinthe South and sentto one of ourmissionaries who had come North

Oct. 2 1 .My Dear F riend,Mr . Brown—I wish you wouldif youpleaseif you please sendmethree dol lar s and a ha lf now if you please send itIwanttobuy a good little shotgunplease send it.”

These facts presentthe double responsibility whichthe A.M. A. sustainsto its constituency inthis vastand complex missionary work. Noneofthese facts a r e exceptiona l in character . The Associationmustsopresentits worktothe churches asto constr ainthemtogive ; dragthembythe chains of Christiandutyto give ;those who canoftheir abundanceabundantly ;those who mustoftheir penury, withthistr emendous selfsacr ifice.

Ah oldcolored pr eacher inGeorgia, inmy hearing, preached on Pasteboard Christians.

”He said:

“Br eth ren, did youneber see a pasteboard

box? It’smighty nice ;maybe all covered with giltpaper ; looks rightstifiand stout, butyou justsetitoutinthe rain and see itwhenitgoespooh,

’

andamallomnatiously busted. Itamjestso with some Ch ristians.They comestomeetin’ with good clothes on;they looks dr eflul fine! Butyou justpassthe contributionbox ’

round, da goes‘

pooh! anddar ain’tnothin’ leftof ’

em.

”Ithas notbeenmy experiencethatther e a re many

pasteboard Christians inthe districtof New England. Systematic giving,givingconstantly,givingbecausethe safety of our country r equires it, andthe kingdomof Christdemands it;this isthe sortof givingwhich I havefoundto bethe rule.

Butther e mustbe systematic spending astruly as systematic giving.

The gifts ofthe churches mustbe husbanded, andthe churches mustbewarned fromtimetotime againstwasteful and unwise efforts, by whichother s are seekingto dothe work, which is being done systematica llythrough your agent,the AmericanMissionary Association.My per sona l experience as Field Superintendent, has pr essed uponmethe imperative importance ofthis side ofthe responsibility whichthis

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Associationholdstothe churches. Onemustpass back and forth often, andbecomepersonally familiar withthis greatfield, before he canunder standtheimportance ofthe systematic spending ofthis Association. Wrecks of

schools and churches arenotfewinthe Southland. Godly menandwomenandgodless adventur er s have experimentedinmany places. Money has beenand is beingwasted,thatmightbe usedtogr eatand permanentadvantageif contributedthroughthe A .M. A. and disbursed accordingtothe principles which long experience has provedto be sound.

Itisthe purpose ofthis paperto emphasize some ofthe facts concerningthis greatmissionary field, andto pointoutthe advantages of systematicspending, which you secure whenyou commityour fundstothis societyr atherthantothe hap- hazard eflortswhich you havenopowerto supervise andno control over .

Anorganized society controlled and directedbythose who contributeisthe surestpossible way of securingthis systematic spending. Thismethodhas both negative andpositive advantagest. Itpr events waste.

(a. ) Waste inadministrationof funds. Its accounts ar e opento and

audited bythose whose money is being spent. R eports ofthe financia lstanding, r eceipts and expenditurestothe half-penny a re pr esentedeveryyear . Lookthemover andnote howminutely your accounts are kept. Of

ficer s andmissionaries are heldby youto strictestr esponsibility. This is

soundbusiness sense appliedtomissiona ry work. Butone natur al ly asks

why, whensuch absolute sa feguards ar ethrownaroundthe administrationofthe funds committedtothe A.M. A . , some ofthosewho establishedthosesafeguards give a considerable portionoftheir moneyto individuals overwhose expenditurethey have absolutely no control, andwhere fundsmaybe,and oftenare, wasted? And inthis waythe percentage ofthe costof administeringthe funds committedtothe A .M. A. is also incr eased. This cansearcely be ealleds oundbusiness wisdom.

(b. ) Waste infieldwork. Itr equires wide experience and knowledge ofthe whole field inorderto adjustand direct, withoutwaste of laborer s,theforce of missionaries . Those who knowonly one loca lity cannotdothis .

Itis oftenremarkedthateachmissiona rythinks his particular fieldthemostimportant, andthe one especial ly needing helpand enla rgement. This is

a grandtributetotheir faith fulness and Christian enthusiasm. Butthesystematic investigationofthe whole fie ld, constantly andpatiently car ried

onas itis bythe A.M. A . , determines with larger wisdomwhether workshouldbe str engthened anddeveloped inTennessee, or Georgia, or Texas .

G en. Grantwas familiar withthe whole field, andplacedhis menaccordingtothe varyingexigencies ofthe campaign. Justsothe systematic methodsofthis Associationplacethese noble missionaries wherethere will be leastwaste of labor .

Systematic Spending. 1 1

Butthere are a lsopositive advantages secur edbythe systematicmethodsofthe A.M. A. inexpendingthemoney committedto itstreasury.

II . Itsecures proportionindifier entparts ofthework.

(a. ) Inappea l .—This Association, constituted, as itis,the immediateagentofthe churches, oughttobe your watchmanonthetower .

Every pastor is crowdedwith par ish duties. Few intelligentlaymencangivetime enoughto studythorough lythe whole field covered bythemissions ofthe A.M. A. Itis nowanenormous field. R epresentatives of fivedistinctr aces, Japanese, Chinese, Indians,MountainWhites andNegroes waitfor Christianinstructionvery largely uponthe missiona ries you ar e sendingout.Now, no one who is notcompel led by ofiicial duties

,to do itcanfindtime, nor has hethe informationathand,to investigatethorough ly each de

partmentofthismissionary work. The A.M. A. is your agentto discover ,th rough careful andpatientinvestigation,the exactfacts, and soto directitsappea lstothe churchesthatthe departmentof work which is especiallypr essingmay be givendue prominence . Systematic spending

.

involvesthis .

(b. ) Greatestcar e is required and exercised inplanting newwork. Letus infancy planta new school inthe South , asthe Associationdoesit. Exhaustive cor r espondence is. of cour se,the firststep. ThentheField Superintendentvisitsthe field. He gather s every possible factbearinguponthe question: Thepopulation; schools, if any ;the opinions ofwhite and color ed citizens ;the r eligious complexionofthe community, etc. ,

etc. , etc. Nowthis Field Super intendenthas studiedmaps and statistics andschool r eports, andbeenback and forth untilthe whole field is inhismind,notsimplythis one loeality. These facts inextmo ar e reportedtothe of

ficers inNewY ork. Conferencesmany andpatientar e held overthemuntilfina lly itis settledthatthis place r atherthansome other shall be selected forthe new school . Nowsuchw e asthis would be impossible exceptastheA .M. A. ,th rough its ofi cers andteacher s, knewthe whole field. By inde

pendentor individua l efiortthis couldnotbe done. Itis notthe absolute,butthe compar ative need and hopefulnessthatdeterminethe wisdomof fixingupona certainplace for a school or church . This comparative needcanonly be knownby anorganized society which has frequentand abundantcommunicationwiththe whole field, and has ofiicer s whose business itistoknowthatfield. The experiments beingtried indiflerentplaces have al

r eady beenmade bythe A .M. A. , andprovedto be either absolutely failuresor r elatively anuneconomic use of funds.

The savingto you who furnishthe money is very greatbythismethodof systematic spending. Letme illustr ate by a single example which oc

cur r ed only a fewmonths ago. Twotowns, only a fewmiles apart, wereclamoringfor helpinschool work. We opened a schooltentatively inoneofthese places, as we had one missionarythere a l ready, and I visitedtheother place. This is whatI found: Ateacher independentof any society,

1 2 Systematic Spending.

and consequently knowing only a sma ll partofthe South, had opened a

school. She had labored very faithfully, butvery unwisely, puttingmoneyandyear s of hardwork into a field which, fromits very conditions, couldnotbe largely successful. She had a poor [buildingforteacher s’ home, arough school - house with no desks, a nar rowstripof land. and anenrol lmentof abouteighty pupils. She was anxiousto havethe A.M. A.takethe work. She informedmethatinorderto secur e it, itwouldbe necessarytopay outfrom to inpayingdebts andputtingthe buildings inshape for advantageous use. This wasthe easethen: A fair ly goodhouse, a rough school- house, a bitof land, and a school of lessthanone hundred pupils, costing atleast Atthe other pointunder discussion,there were five acres of land, five buildings, an enrollmentof about250pupils, andthewhole property couldbe secured for $600! vs. 3600 .

These ar e notvery exceptiona l cases. Itis only fairtothe generousconstituency ofthis Associationto knowthattheir funds are beingthusguarded, andthatthose who givethrough independentagenciesmay havetheir funds squander ed becausethey cannotholdthose doingthis independentworkto strictaccountasthey dothe Association,nor canthese independentmissiona ries knowthe whole field asthe A.M. A. knows it. Here a r e

near ly 500missionar ies inconstantcor r espondence withthis omoe, besidesthe field ofiicer s appointed especia llytogather information.

(c. ) Again,this systematicmethod of disbur singfunds secur es amethodiesl a r rangementof fieldwor k. Takethemountainfield as anillustrationofthis. This field has beendivided intotwo genera l districts ; one havingfor its basethe L. N. R . R the other lying a longthe Cincinnati SouthernR ailroad. Each departmenthas its genera l missionary, who goes backand forth inhis districtto lay outnewwork, andto superintendthe old.

The missionaries,pastors andteachers ar e all busy intheir ownplaces .

Her ethenis systematic developmentofthis whole work. These noblemissionaries inthis way forma well - organizeda rmy, and are notguer rillas fighting behindtrees and stones, and scatter ed hap- hazard overthe mountains. We sha l l holdthese lines of r ailroad inthe name ofthe Lord.

Churches andmissions and Sunday - schools will supplantthe sa loons and

gamblinghel ls if you as churches generously supportthis painfully urgentwork. Butwhen school - houses sha ll stand inalltheir fertile coves and

church bells sha l l ca llto intelligentChristianwor shiponallthosemountainsides, andthe people shall be lifted upinto spiritua l citizenship, itwill simply bethe victory under G od ofthe systematic planning and executionpossible only whenfunds are disbur sed onthe soundprinciples ofthis Asso

II I . This systematic spendingof benevolentfunds a lso secures permanency. How fewdeathsthere a re inthe family of A .M. A. schools and

churches! Why ? Becausethesemissions ar e bornth rough wisdomand

sound judgment. These schools and churches ar e notonly permanent

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14 The Chinese.

der . There came flashingbackthis laconic message fromthatsilentsoldier , Pushthings. ” They wer e pushed, andwithina fewweeks Lee’

s armywas annihilated, andthe sword ofthe haughty rebel was inthe hands oftheloya l Gr ant. The Unionarmy hadpushedth roughthe broken fortifications around R ichmond andplantedthe gr and old star s and stripes, battie - stained and bul let-torn, abovethe dome ofthe r ebel mpitol. never ,never , nevertobe pulled downagainby disloya l hands.My brethren,ther e comes flashingto usto- day fromthis army of Ch ristlike men and womenaway outyonder infrontof us. fromoutthe heatof battle againstignorance, andpr ejudice, andmiser y , and sin,these stir ringwords : We cantakethese lowlands andmountains and pr airies and oceancoasts for our Lord, and for his Chr ist, nowifthethingbepushed.

”

Whatmessage sha ll we sendbacktothem, 0 people of G od?

Sha l l itnotbethis ? We pledge you our pr ayer s, our sympathy, ourbestsons and daughters and five hundredthousanddollar s inconsecr atedmoneythis year ; and inthe greatname ofthe Lord our God letthethingbe pushed.

"

T H E CH IN E S E .

SCRAPS FROMMY CORRESPONDENCE.

svm. w. o. romOur limited space forbidsthe publicationof extended cor respondence ;

and yet, often, inthe familiar and unstudied letter s which I r eceive fromour

workers,ther e ar e pa ragraphs or sentences which I gr eatly desirethatourEasternfr iends and helper s mightshare withme. The following are a few

ofthese.Mr s. Car rington, our very faithful and efi cientteacher atSacramento,writes as follows : Our school seems inbetter conditionthan for manymonths. ChinToy [missiona ry helper ] istrue andwatchful . Two joinedthe church atthe lastcommunion, one has givenhis nameto jointheAssociation, and other s seema lmostready .

Our school atOroville has beenfor a year pastinthe hands oftwo quiteyoung, buttr ue hea rted and enthusiasticteacher s, fromone of whomI hea rinthis way We have had a very good schoolthismonth . The attendancehas beenvery goodthe schola r s seemto feel better , and Ithinktheteacher s dotoo. We had quite a r e- unionone evening lastmonth . Ther e was

one brother who had justr eturned fromChina, and another fromaway outinthe country . The former hadnotbeenher e for yea r s, northe latter formor ethantwelvemonths. Itwould have done any one goodto see how

gladthey wer etomeeteach other . I never saw somuch hand- shaking, andta lking, and laughing. Boththese ar e good scholar s andwill helpusmuch .

We havethe Bible lessonstwice a week. andthey a r e very inter estingto us

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both . We have near ly finishedthe Gospel ofMa rk, and itgets more interestingtowardsthe last.”

Other extr acts sha l lbe fromletter s of our Chinese brethr en. Her e is one

who has evidently gottenover into anAmer icanway ofthinking. He is so

much inearnestthathis English is badlywr enchedinthe efiortto convey his

views, butI give his words very near ly as he wrotethem.

“WhatIthinkandwhat

.

oftenI obser ved isthatthe Chinese very meanness and sordid

ness, justexactly whatwerethe Jews. Scatter allroundthe wor ld, and stil lthey feel very proudoftheir countr y, despisethe for eigner s. close alltheirsea -ports, wouldnota l lowthe poor celestia ltogo outor have civilizedmento enterthe happy country. Onaccountoftheir ignorance of Christ, unhappy,miserable, wretched. Some ofthemthink good dea l oftheir improvement, national, nava l, butifthe Governmentwil l notadoptthe Christianity andputbehindtheir ancestor and evil ways andthe wicked custom,they will notbe very flourishingwhatthey look for .

”For himself he says,

“I hope I will have a good opportunity while I amworkingforthe Lord and

lookingfor some soulsto bringtothe Lord, as His will be done.

”

Another wr ites I speak inChinatownyesterday . Thenwe had very

good singer s of AmericanChristianyoungmen(they were five) and Chinesebrethren(they wer e eight. ) Allgo onto singwithme. ThenI have agood

chance. I pr ay G odto helpand hope our countrymenimmediately cometor epentand fol lowChristandwor shipHim.

"And again, Ithank God for

His blessing. This school nowis incr easing. Lasteveningwe hadtwentyth r ee schola r s. Six newones esme inthismonth . I like stay her etwo orthreemonthsmore andta lkthis gospel of Christ.Anothertranslated forme a letter justreceived fromhis father - in- lawin

China—a letter which gives himgr eatjoy . Dear Son- in- law —Y our letter was r eachedme sometendays ago, andgladto read itandthatyou are

all rightinCa lifornia , doingjaws: wor k. Butther e was a fellow namedwho had come back fromSanF r ancisco lastyear . This fellow

cametome with some newstotellme. so he said. So I asked himto sitdownandgave hima cupoftea. Thenhe commencedhis false story aboutyoubeingpoisonedbythe jamdoctor s, andthatyour hearthadbeenpoisonedsothatyou don’twantto come back any more. Afterthe length of his

fa lseta lks, I commencedto ask himquestions which he cannotanswer . Itold himthatI hadknownmy son- in- lawtoomuch abouthis faith inJesus.

People withthe same reportcametome fromtimetotime, before you [i. e. ,the son- in- lawaddressed inthe letter ,—W. C. P. ] came backthe lasttime. Atfir stI have faith intheirta lks, butsince you came home, I have found youallright. Nowamissionis near my house, and I havetimetota lk andtor eadthe Jesus books, and have foundthatJesus is like our Confucius, and Ibelieved Jesus words all rightand somy son- in- lawall{righttoo. Thus I

havetoldthe dog, li. e. ,theta le-bear er ]to getofi frommy door and nota llonme again.

”

1 6 B ur eau of Woman’s Wor k.

I hopether e may yetbe space forthis extractfroma letter fromJeeGain, whotook a vacationoftwoweeks, spending itnotfar froma Chinesefishingvillage nearMonterey . Sunday morning, accompanied by abouttenAmerican friends, I wentto Chinatownto hold a preaching ser vice.

After singingsever altimes andofieringprayer , Itookthe stand andpreachedto a large crowd ofmy countrymen, of both sexes and allages, drawnby ourloud invitationandour songs. Before I beganmy sermonItoldthemwhatwe hadbeensingingabout, alsowhatwe pr ayed for , andto whomwepr ayed,

and askedthemto seethe difierence betweenthese ChristianAmerieans whosangandprayed for us, andthose whowouldcrowdus out. ThenI preachedonG al. 6:7, for near ly anhour , and alllistened attentively. Notone ofthehea rer s said anythingagainstus. I wastoldthattwo year s ago a Chinamanhadtriedtopreachthere,butthe people drowned his voice by beatingtheirtincans, anddrove him03 with variousmissiles. WhenI heardthis I said,I amnotafraid, G odwill gowith us with his helpI wil l preach Christtothem.

’

And he did help, and oh,may he blessthe seed sown OnSundayeveningone ofthe Chinese came outdecided as a Christian, and one otherseemed almostper suaded.

”

B U R E AU O F WOMAN ’

S WO R K .

m D. I m , W AI T.

WOMAN'

S STATE ORGANIZATIONS.

Cc- ormrmo wr rnm AnnroxnMissrolunr Assoon'r ron.

I l —Woman’s AidtoA. l . A. ,Chairmanc omMm.—Woman’s HomeMiss. Society , Secr eta r y ,

mittee, hir e. 0. A. Woodbur y , Woodfcrds ,Me. Miss Katha r ine Plant, ” 1 Portland Avenue,Wit—Woman’s AidtoA. I . A. , Chairmanof OomMinneapolis,Minn.

mittee, lir a Benr y Fairbanks, StJohnsbur y ,VtlowA—Woman’s HomeMiss. Union, Sea -em,

viii—Woman’s HomeMiss. Union, Secr etar y , HimElla B.Ma r sh , G r innell, Iowa .

lir a.mienOsgood,Montpelier , Vt Karissa—Woman’s HomeMiss. Society . Sec eOomi.—Woman’s HomeMiss. Union, Sea '

etar y , tar y,Mr s . G . L. Epps . Topeka Kan.Mr s. S. I . Hotchkiss, 171 CapitolAva , Hartford,mom—Woman’s HomeMiss. Union, Sea -em,

Oonn. Mr s.Ma r y B. War ren, Lansing,Midi.N. Y .

—Woman’s HomeMiss. Union, Secr etar y , Wia—Woman’s HomeMiss. Union, Secr etar y,Mr s. WilliamBpalding, SalmonBlock , Syr a Mr s. C.Matte r , Brodhead, Wis.Nan.—Woman’s HomeMiss. Union, Secretar y ,

ALL—Woman’sMissionar y Association, Bea c lir s. L. F . Ber r y ,7“ NBroadSt, F r emont, Nob.tar y, hir e. 0. W. Andr ews, Talladega , Ala Concla ve—Woman’s HomeMiss. Union, SeweOm—Woman's HomeMiss. Union. Bea -

em, tar y ,Mr s. B.M. Packa rd, Pueblo, Oolo.

lir a. Flor a K. R egal, Ober lin, ONQ Danna—Woman’s Homemas. Union. Pr esident.Inn—Woman’s HomeMiss. Union, Secr etar y , Mr s. T.M. Hills, Sioux Falls ; Semetar y, lir a

Ind. W. R . Dawes, R eddeld ; Tr easurer , lir a B, I .

ILL—Woman’s HomeMiss. Union, Secr etar y , lir e. Fifi eld, Lake Pr eston.0. H. Taintcr , l§lWashingtonSt, Chicago. Ill.Wewould suggesttoallladies connectedwithth e auxiliar ies of StateMissionar y Unions,mat

funds forth e Amer icanMissiona r y Associationbe sentto usth r oughth etr easur er s ofth e Union.Gare. however , should betakentodesignateth emoney as forth e Amer icanMissiona r y Asaociaflon,

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ANNU ALMEETING .

The public meeting ofthe Woman’s Bur eau was heldThur sday afternoon, simultaneously withthe business meeting ofthe A.M. A. inProvi

dence, andwas conductedbyMr s. C. A . Woodbury, of Portland,Me. The

r eportofthe Secreta ry,Miss D . E . Emer son, of NewY ork, was presented,andthenmissionary addresses wer e delivered byMr s. A. A.Myer s onMountainWork byMr s. G eo. W .Moore onthe Color ed Peopleand byMiss Collins on Indians,

"allof which were listenedtowith deep

inter est.Mr s. Woodbury, ontakingthe chair , saidThe objectofthismeetingis wel l under stood. Itisto decide whatthe

womenofthe Congr egationa l Chur ches shal l do inconnectionwith woman'swork—thatpartofthe Association’s work which is designedtobe amongwomen. Itis woman’s work amongwomen. Itis designed atthistimetohea r fromthose fields inwhichthe speaker s ar e especially interested. We

sha l l hear fromtheMountainWork, fromthe Negroes inthe South, andfromthe work amongthe Indians inthe West. Like a very closemanwho,tothe surpr ise ofthose who approached him, gave money enoughto purchase atownclock, who explained by sayinghe likedto hear hismoneytick,so itismeantherethis a fternoonthatthe womenshall hearthetick oftheirwork fromallthese fieldsto which I have r efer red, andmaythe sound of itr everber ate alldownthroughthe ages.

A specialmeeting for ladies was held onThur sday morning, atwhichther e was a full attendance. Brief r emarks, interspersed with song and

pr ayer ,madethe occasionanenjoyable one. Miss Plimpton, ofMcIntosh,G a . , gave bits of her experience amongthe coloredpeople, andMiss Haynesdescr ibed her work forthe Indians atSantee Agency, Neh .

The annua l reportmade bythe Secreta ry was givenin full in our

NovemberMagazine, and is a lso published inleafletformfor fr ee distributiontothose desiringit.We give below extracts fromthe addr esses ofthemissionar ies.

MOU NTAIN WHITE WORK.

axm. A. A. mInmy younger days I never remember lookingatthe for eststhatskirtthe horizonwithoutanindefinable questioningasto whatlay beyond. It

was easytopicture stretches of landscape andfquiethomes like our own,butthe query was everthe same, whatis stillbayonet

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The fir stSabbath I attended church inthemountains of Kentucky, having listenedtothe quaintsingingbefor e enteringthe rough -board building,seatingmyself onone ofthe slab benches near a box stove, which had butone length of pipe, outof whichthe smoke was pouringtowa rds anopeninginthe roof,glancingaround onthe womenintheir sunbonnets,the babiesintheir little calico esps andthe meninhomespun,thenoutofthe opendoor into a r avine wher ethetops ofthetal ltrees were beneath us, I saidtomyself, I ’ve r eached “thatbeyond” The undefined hastakenshape and I

have reachedthe place of which I could never formulate a picture. Seven

year s’

acquaintance inthismountaincountry has notchangedmy opinion.

We ar e inanother wor ld, and if I coulddescribethatwor ld so you could see

itas itis, couldfeel its needs as we feelthemday by day, itis allI could ask .

Philosopher smightdescribe itasthe dead centre of motion; atleastithas r emained seemingly unmoved, while allthe wor ld a round ithas beenmoving forward.

Her e inthesemountains live overtwomil lionpeople,two-thirds of whomhave never writtennor r eceived a letter , couldnotread one if printed andsentthem. Theytake no newspaper s, andthe gr eatevents of nations or

discoveries of science have beennothingtothem. Questions of vital importanceto our country have nevertroubledthem. They knewthere was awar , for contending armies metontheir grounds. With few exceptionstheir sympathies wer e withthe Union. Too poorto ownslavesto any extent,they hadnomotive for seceding, andmany ofthemjoined our a rmyandwere faithful soldier s.

Atthe close ofthewa r ,they wentbacktotheir secluded homes, and betweenthemandthe wor ldthe curtain fel l again. We very wellknowthatmorta ls cannotr ise abovetheir sur roundings only withindefined limits .

Alas forthe defeatedmanhood and blasted womanhood inour land, helddownto earth by unfortunate sur roundings. They ar e lookingto you forhelp. Y ou have done nobly insustaininga work intheir midst. Besides

whatyou have done atPleasantHill, G r andViewandother points, you haveenabled usto organize eightchurches and build one academy and eighthouses of wor ship. Y ou have sentamongus mostefficientteacher s. Be

sidestheir school dutiesthey havetakenuponthemselvestovisitthe homes,topray withthe sick,to distribute clothing amongthe needy,to gotothehomes ofthe students,to shar etheir humble fa re and sleep intheir crowdedrooms. They have spa redneithertime nor str engthto car rythe uplif:ingwordtothose needy souls. F romthe better classes we have beenfortunateenoughto dr aw a nucleus for each of our chur ches. We have some Sundayschool superintendentsthatfor zea l andtactar e models intheir work and

many a Northernschoolmightrejoice inthepossessionof such cmccta. They

ar e notsowellversed inScr iptur e as we couldwish, butthey spare neithertime nor expenseto pr epar ethemselves fortheir work.

This class of people responds quicklytothe new lifethatcomestothem

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bythe school,the railroad orthe businessman. I f we could find as r eady

r esponse inthemasses as we find inthe individuals, our work inthemountains wouldbe quickly done . But, a las !whatofthese hundreds ofthousands who seemingly have nomore aspir ationthanthe br ute intheir fieldThey a reweddedtothe customs oftheir ancestor s, andthey rebel atany innovation. Givethemtobacco, and whiskey, and pistols, a little meal andbaconand cofiee, a cr ude bed and a roof, andthat,tothem, is living. Oh,those purposeless lives!They existsimply becausethey are inthe wor ld and

cannothelp it. Withthe gir ls especially,mar riage isthe chief aim, andwhatshouldbethe holy r elationis entered upona lmostinchildhood. As

soonasthey beginto lispthey a reta lkingoftheir lover s. A little wee gir lcameto ateacher ’s home, and after answering inmonosyllablesthe commonquestions asto schools and Sunday - schools,there was a lull inthe conver sation, whenshe spoke up: I hain’tgotno sweetheart. ” For allmarr iage isthe chief aim, itis surprisinghow little pr epar ationthey make for it.Nobrida ltrousseau is everthoughtof notevena newdress ismade fortheoccasion. I have seenmany a bride incalf- skinshoes, old ca licodr ess, longapron, with no cuffsnor colla r , and her hair fa lling fromher comb, whilethegr oomappea r ed with uncombed hair , stogy shoes, jeanpants and inshirtsleeves.We have no rol lickinggir ls or boisterous boys we never see a crowing,

cooingbaby . The childrena re bornold. The babies have a sad andde

jected look, as ifthis wor ld wer e a “drea ry wilderness of woe,

”andthey

gr ievethey were ever born. Poor little ones inthe Southland!hdwmanyar e gather ed home ere atwelvemonths’ stay onea rth . Besidesthis wea ry,aged look ofthe children, we frequently findthose who look like wa lkingcorpses . A little inquiry revealsthe factthatthey a r e clay eater s. We

havetheminour schools. In our Jellico school, we have childrenwhoseelder sister s hadto sprinkle pepper a roundthe hearthstonesto keepthemfromdiggingoutthe clay and eating it. The habitonce formed, itseemsto lastthemduring life ; where itever originated I don’tknow, buthave nodoubtitwas fromlack of proper nourishment.Our women how sha ll I describethem? I wish I mightpictur ethem

before you asthey ride intotownwiththeir babies intheir a rms and a childortwo ontheir hor ses withthem, or asthey wa lk inwith heavy. dragginggait, loaded with some produce for sa le, or asthey stand for hour s open

eyed and open-mouthed aroundthe counter s of some country stor e. I wish

you could seethemintheir cabinhomes, as bar e of comfortas a wild desertwaste, or atwork inthe fieldwiththe family, buta lways and everywhere

with a chew oftobacco or a snufi stick intheir mouths. They never ex

press a desire for whatthey have not, nor amurmur atwhatthey have, buttheir verymovements a re a complaint—a wail . Ontheir face is ever seenthatweary, r esigned, passionless look. They never lightenwith joy or sur

prise. If you couldmanageto fir e a Vesuvius beforetheir eyes you would

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never know by any outward expr essionbutthatthey had seen volcanoesevery day oftheir lives. There is no imagery, no idea lity . The wor ldtothemis a humdr umroutine, a common-place afiair . They have no heroes,andthey look uponallmen, notas protectors, butseducer s, notas beingsformed inthe image of a pure and holy G od, butinthe image of a God of

lustanddebauchery .

Whenfir stgoing amongthese people,the ludicrous or comical keepspresentingitself, butas you stay year by yeartheter r ible r eality oftheirlives presses sor e uponyou. Y ou ar e crampedbytheir na r rowness ; youa r e depressedbytheir lack of bouyancy ; you grow distrustful because oftheir perfidy ; you become shar er oftheir woes, butthey have no joystoshare.

Our work amongthemwas begunnonetoo soon. The eye ofthe speenlator is beingturnedto our mineral andtimber resources, and with un

scrupulous money -maker s for a centre and a demor alizedpeopleto gatherroundthem, andno Christintheir midst, whatstrongholds of Satanwouldbe formed. Whenwe commenced our work sevenyear s agothe field wasopentothe Congr egationa lists. I f we could have hadmeansto have se

cured helper s we could have planted our selves largely, for we hadcontinuousca llsto come and organize churches . The people of better minds ar e sick

andtired ofthe chur ch life aroundthemthey cannotindor se itand so ar e

called infidels. Butwe have foundno infidelsthere ; still ittakes no prophetto seethatthe r eactionfromthis demora lized church life allthroughthemountains is goingto cr eate a gr eatwave of infidelity unless r ealCh ristians cometothe r escue very soon.

Howthesethings ner ve usto incr eased efiortsto savethe childrenand

youth fromthese ways of death . Our hope forthe land is insavingthem,andour work is largely forthem. We havemany Sunday - schools connectedwith our churches andmany other s wher e we furnish some helps andwher e

our studentsteach . Our Bands of Hope ar e encouraging. Our ChristianEndeavor Society has a largemember ship, and is a power for good. Butwhile we r ejoice overthese placesthathavethese helps wethink ofthe hundreds of counties a longthismountainr angethathave no such helps. Senator Plumbhas statedthatthe assessmentinAlabama for pistols, guns and

dirks is fourtimesthaton farmingimplements, and Kentucky’

s record of

crime is far worsethanAlabama’

s. Who of us cansaythathe is innocentofthis shed blood, unless he is doing somethingtoward sendingthe onlycur e - a Ch ristian civilization? Becausethe work has many discour

agements, a re we excused ? Becausethe people ar e prejudiced againstus and our pr inciples, shall wewithdr aw, and letthemsink lower and lower ?

Butthe questionis asked: Have you no public schools or churches inthis large section ofthe country ? ” Y es, schools for a fewmonths intheyear ,taughtinlittle logschool houses, some with floor s and some with none;some with atiny window and some without; some have door s and some

22 Needs of Color ed Womenand Gir ls .

NEEDS OF THE COLOR ED WOMEN AND G IR LS.

BY “ 8 . G . W. HOOK] .

I have been askedto speakto you onthe needs of four millions of

womenandgir ls. Thetime allotted forthis paper is fa rtoo limited for metogivemorethana glimpse oftheir realcondition.

Inconsideringthe needs ofthe coloredwomenandgir ls ofthe South, youmustbear inmindtheir pastcondition, presentstatus and futur e prospects,together withthe forcesthathave contr ibutedto each, before you canknowand feelthe heartyearnings and str uggles of my sisters.

No humanlips cantellthe story ofthatdar k nightthathas leftits impr ess uponthe habits, customs and life of a whole race of people. The cru

elestr esults ofthatiniquitous systemfell heaviestuponthe coloredwoman.

F romchildhood, nomatter how favorably situated, she was liabletobecomethe doomed victimofthe gr ossestoutr ages. There was no assur ancethatshe wouldnotbe a constantassociate inthe fieldwiththe coarsestandmostignorantmenof both r aces, or atany moment, atthe caprice ofthemaster ,be sold. Swayed, body,mind and spir it, by amaster class who found itnecessa ryto close every avenue of intelligence inorderto accomplish his fiendish purposes,this creature,made inthe image of God, was oftentaughtthatther e wasno G od of justice for her . Her body, instead of beinga fittemple forthe indwe llingofthe Holy Spir it, was subjecttothe foulestdemandsof sensuality. Nowonderthey sang

Nobody knowsthetrouble I see, Lord,Nobody knows butJesus.

”

These slave songs, born of agony,mightwell be ca lled The PassionF lower s " ofthe slave cabin. Thank G odthatall of my sisters were notthus brutalized, and eventothose who wer e, G odwasmer ciful . Deepdownunderneaththe lacerated and bruised hea rt, r estedthe Shekinah oftheLord,

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preventingthe wholesa letransmissionof vice. Two hundred andfifty years of suchtuitiongave her butlittle chanceto develop her womanhood.

Intuitively she knewthatther e was a livingG od, and she soughtHiminvisions, and listened for His voice, and looked forward and per severed forthathome notmade with hands, andfromher heartwere wr ungthese words

0Lord, 0my Lord, 0my goodLord,Keepme fromsinkingdown.

Andthencomforted, she cr ied outtriumphantlyDidn’tmy Lorddeliver Daniel,

Thenwhy notevery man?Many havetoldmetheir struggles, and I knowof other s who even suf

feted death ratherthansubmittotheoutrage of chastity . One poormotherwiththree beautiful baby gir ls, drivento despair by rcalizingtheir probable

Needs of Color ed Womenand Gir ls .

doomif allowedto live, sentthembacktothe G odwhogavethemandthentook her ownlife.

Thusthe color edwomenandgir ls livedbeforethe war .Howhavethey far ed since F r eedomHavethey had a fair chance inthe race of life ? No. They havemet

caste-prejudice,the ghostof slavery, atevery stepoftheir journey duringthese year s of fr eedom. They have beenmadeto feelthatthey ar e a sepa

r ate species ofthe humanfamily . The ph r ases Y our people " and “Y our

place, donotsomuch designatetheir r ace identity, asthe fixed status inthe sister hood of r aces. This idea, as harmless as itmay appear , or asmuchas itis used,with variedphrases of meaning. accordingtothe attitude ofthespeaker , has beenone ofthegreatestbar rier stothe progress ofthe Negro,especia l ly ofthewomenandgir ls. Ithas color ed everythingthey havetodo.

Their place, likethe ebony oftheir skin, is a darkplace. Inthe home, andinsocia l life, their place " is confinedto color ed society, color ed schools and

colored churches. Be itunder stood, I amnotr eflecting uponcolored so

ciety, butampointingoutthe limitationsthatno other race inthis countryhasto contendwith, inits effortsto rise.

The higherthe plane of cultur ethe colored womenandgir ls r each,themor e sensitivethey become, andthemore keenlythe effects of ostracismarefelt. Inwages itdoes notmatter how capable shemay be, shemustnotaspire. I have asked severa l persons, Whatisthegr eatestneed ofthe coloredwomanandgir l andmany have r eplied, Tobegood ser vants. ” As

sumingthatthis is her highestneed, cangood servants be hadwithoutgoodwages

Ineducation, her placeisthe color ed school, ifthere is one far or near ,and ifther e is no school for color ed youth, (as is sometimesthe case)the noschool is her place. In religious life, her place isthe colored church . No

matter howher soulmay long for amor e intel ligentGospelthanperchancesur rounds her , shemustfind itthere.

Her place inthe work of r eform,if she has fa llenor desiresto reform,

isthepublic str eet. I could r elatemany incidents which have come undermy per sona l observationinWashington, (andWashingtonis far ahead of

many places inthe South)to illustrate how our fa llen sister s have sufiered

wor sethandeath, because door s have been shutagainstthem. Several

cases have beenbroughtto methis year , one since writingthis paper , butmy sister s,the sad factis likethe adventof our blessedLord,there is noroominthe innfor her .Whatisthetrue place of our womenand gir ls ? Itisthatplace which

is notcircumscribedbythemere accidentof birth and race, wher e she canrise justas high as she hasthe abilityto r each and sustain. My five year s’experience inEurope as a Jubilee Singer gaveme ataste ofthe sweets oftruewomanhood, unfettered by caste-prejudice andby a lowestimate owposition. Ther emy complexionwas notatargetfor insultandfostracism.

24 Needs of Color ed Women and G ir ls.

Our needs ar e notonlythose commonto other r aces, butar e ina vastmeasur e gr eater , because ofthe pastand pr esentdifficulties . The massesfurnishthemostdifi cultproblemto solve. Howcanwe rescuethemfrompoverty and illiteracy, andnotpauperizethem? Howcanwe preventcr ime,check immorality and decr ease morta lity ? The answer lies ingivingtothembetter home life,mor e elevating social sur roundings, better educationaladvantages in school and industries, and a highertype of Christianlife andwor ship.My firstintroductioninto anintel ligentidca of pr actica l Ch ristianity wasatFisk Univer sity . Ther e, and atmany similar institutions underthe A .M. A. ,may be foundthe epitome of a Ch r istianhome. Such schools furnish potentobjectlessons ; such arethe factor s ofthe probleminanswertothe questionof howtomeetthe needs ofthe colored womenandgir ls, whoar etopreside overthe homes of eightmillions of people, who hadno hometwenty -th ree year s ago. Washington, alone, has a population of eightythousand color edpeople, andmorethanfortythousand ofthese a rewomenandgir ls.

Itis saidthatthe handthatrocksthe cr adle, rulesthe wor ld. Itmatters notwhetherthathand be black or white, butitdoes matter whethe rthathandbe intel ligentor ignorant. They notonly needthe educationofthe schoolsto developtheir minds, and industrialtrainingto prepar etheirhands forthe practica l duties of life, butChristianeducation, such as is

giveninthe schools ofthe Association.Mor ethanth reethousand womenandthousands ofmenhave gone outunderthe A.M. A. , inschool, home and church, forthe uplifting, Ch ristianizingandelevatingof our people.

Eternity a lone will r evea lthe workthatthese Ch ristianheroines andheroes have done intheMaster 's name. The eleventh chapter of Hebrewswouldneedbe extendedtogivetothemtheir r ightful place inthe role of

achievements of faith . We need notwaitfor eternity , we nowsee some ofthe gr and r esults their memory is a l rea dy engravenuponthe hearts, andtheir spiritinfusedintothe life ofthousands of educated color edyoungmenand women, who have gone outamongtheir people. car rying educatedminds,trained hands andwarmhcarts, as anoutgr owth ofthatlabor whichhas notbeeninvain. This magnificentr ecord of Christianendeavor and

conquesthas la rgely beenmade possible bythe for esight, energy and fidelityofthemany who have beenand ar e atthe headofthe differ entdepartmentsofthe A.M. A.

Howcanthe Associationmor e fullymeetthese needs By continuingwoman's work for woman,throughtheir Woman’s Bur eau. Throughthisagency , ladies ofthe churches can furnish volunteer s forthe work andthebase of supply . Whilewe atthe frontar e inthe heatofthe battle, you athome,th rough yourmissiona ry societies, youngpeople’

smeetings, and Sunday - schools, canaid us with your prayer s, your sympathy, your gifts and

R eceipts . 25

service. Those inthe larger churches can sustainamissionary inthe field,andmay itbe saidof all, both large and sma l l, They have done whattheycould.

"Thenwe cansingMar ch on, and you shallgainthe victory,March on, andyou shallgainthe day .

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My sister s, we mustfir stbetouchedbythe SpiritoftheMaster , andthrough himtouchthem. This work cannotbe done per functorily or professionally.

Andnowinconclusiona l lowmetothank you inbeha lf ofthe millionswhomI r epresent, forthe faithful work and pr actica l sympathy a lreadygiven, and appea lto you in his name, andthrough youtothethousandswhomyou repr esent, for a continuationof your Chr istianefiorts and sup

port, a lso for gr cater supplies and larger giftstothetr easury ofthe A.M.A. ,thatitmay be ableto furnishthe labor ers accordingtothe demandsofthe growingneeds ofmor ethanfour millions of coloredwomenandgir ls,who a retryingto helpthemselves. Our lamented Pr esidentGar field saidtothe Jubilee Singer s duringtheir visittoMentor : Ethiopia is notonlystr etchingouther handunto G od, butG od is stretching outhis hand untoEthiopia . We believethis, andthatthetime is comingwhenallr aces shallsing:

O, brethren, rise and shine andgive Godthe glory,Forthe year of Jubilee.

RECEIPTS FOR NOVEMBER , l888 .

MAINE . sleeve. Exeter . Mr s. Samuel Ball, for PleasantNorth Par iah Sab. Sch , for Stu tephenK

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Hampden BenevolentAssociation, byCha r lesMa r sh , Tr es s.

EastG r anville 61000Lndlow“ 1764Monson. 86 40South E adie Falls. 8l 20Spr ingfield rst. 2000Westiield Second. 19 20WestSpringfield, Pa r k St. 1 8 00

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FORMOl’ A BEQU I ST .

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THE

MERICAN ISSIONAR Y .

Vex. !LI I I . FEBR UAR Y ,1 889. No. 2 .

gmer itau Quaternar y association.

OU R LI ST OF G OOD SMI TH S .

This number oftheMISSIONAR Y containsthe annual listof our worker s,who go downthe Jericho roadto care forthose who have beenwronged,the poor and ignorant, who needthe Gospel. Our minister s andteacher s a r enotlikethe priestandthe Levite, who looked uponthe poormanandthen passed by onthe other side; nor dotheymer ely pity and utterwords of sympathy . Theytake righthold and help. They

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pour intheoilandthe wine," andthey buildthe {ms—thatis,the churches and schoolhouscs wher ethey instructand helpthe needy onestillthey cantake car e

ofthemselves and helptotake car e of other s—the mostgenuine kind of

assistance.Itmustbe rememberedthatthis requir es expenditure. The oilandthe

wine,the innandthe constantattendance, ca ll formoney. Our constituents,who furnishthis, wantthe work done andwell done, andthey a re willingtopay for it. Butsometimesthey needtobe reminded ofthe cost. AtourlastAnnua lMeeting,the “twopence whichthey haddur ingthe year putintoour hands, countedinAmer icanmoney, amountedto andthey said:

“Whatsoeverthou spendestmor e, whenI come againI will r epaythee .

” We ar e very carefultowatchthe receipts and expenditur es, andwefindthatfortheth ree months sincethe Annua lMeeting, we have received

fr omallsources whereas,the cur r entexpenditures fortheth reemonths r equire about We givethistimely noticethatthey whocommitto usthis workmay r emitto us whatis needed.

Letitbe understoodthatthe generous giftofthatnoble friend oftheNegro r acewas notentrustedto usto dothe work ofthe good Sama ritansofthe Churches. We ar e notpermittedto use itforthis. The year ly lncome oithe Daniel Hand Fund isto dothework of Daniel Hand—nomore.

Forthis, G odwil l rewa rd himand gener ations wil l bless him, buthe leavesthe churches and individua l Ch ristiansto car ry ontheir ownwork as before

andto r eapthe blessings of it. We cannotgivethe Daniel Hand Fundto

the churches. We cannotexpend itforthe churches. Itrelieves no one ofduty and privilege. Itis limited also,to its use . The churches andtheschoolstowhich we a re a lready committed ca ll for a gr eatincr ease inselfdenia l andbenevolence.

Pastor s andmember s ofthe churches,the work is increasingly grcat. Itenlarges itself. Other denominations ar e incr easingtheir effortstomeetthe pressingemergency. Letitnotbe saidthatour churches—the fir stinthe field andthemostefficient—a re fa lling behind inthe ranks. Letourbanner be ever atthe front. Letus do our work.

AN E!PLICIT W AR N ING .

One of our missionaries was recently atthe North solicitingaid insustaininghis work. His appeal was r epcatedlymetbythe response The

Associationis rich—ithas justhad a giftofmor ethanamillionof dol la r s .

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Whenhe explainedthatonlythe interestcanbe used, andthis for educationalwork only,the reply was “This inter estcanbe used inpaymentof

appropriations already made for schools,thus r elcasing justsomuch forother purposes .

Nowthis is exactly whatcannotbe done. The Daniel Hand Fund is fornewwork, and only inthe industria l, primary and norma l schools. Itis a

priceless booninthis department, for we cannowmake enlargements her ewhich were gr eatly needed, butfor which we hadnotthemeans butno partofthis Fund canbe appliedtomeetappropriations for other portions ofthework. I f our constituents will notenable ustomeetthose other demands,we canonly r eporta debtthe Daniel Hand Fund cannothelpus. We a r e

confidentthis needs onlyto be under stood, for we cannotbelievethatthemember s of our churches have any wishto shelterthemse lves be

hind Daniel Hand.

PR IVILBG BB OF LIF EMEMBE R SH IP .

The questionis sometimes asked inletters we receive,Whatarethe privileges of a LifeMember inthe A.M. A. ? We answer

1 . The privilege of votingatthe Annua lMeeting. Our amended constitutionsays Member s of evangelical churchesmay be constitutedmember s ofthis Association for life bythe paymentof $30 into itstreasur y ,withthe writtendeclar ationatthetime ortimes of paymentthatthe sumistobe appliedto constitute a designated per sona LifeMember , and such

member shipsha l l beginsixty days afterthe paymentshall have beencompleted.

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2 . A LifeMember is entitledto THE AMER ICANMISSIONAR Y andtotheANNU AL R EPOR T gr atuitously, if desir ed.

3 . The highestprivilege isthatof beinga livemember , doingallthath e

P a r agr aphs . 88

canto promotethe interests ofthe Association and ofthe needy peoplesfor whomitlabor s.

THE AMER ICANMISSIONAR Y .

We havetwo objects inprintingthismagazine. Fir st,to have itread,and, secondly,to have itpaid for . Themainpurpose isthe fir st, of course.for wewishto have itr ead if itis notpaid for , yetwe gr eatly pr eferto haveitboth r ead andpaid for . We believethatthose who pay for ita remostlikelyto read it, and forthis r easonwe fearthatthis itemwill be seenonlybythose who do notneedthis r eminder , butwe dr awthe bowata ventureandtel l our reader sthatthe price ofthemagazine is 50 cents a year .

WE wxsnto informthe pastor s and churchesthatwe have justissued a

newAme] Leaflet, brief and packed with facts, and suitable for distributioninthe pews before collections aretakenforthe Association. We shall

be gladto furnish a supply gr atuitously whenever called for .Our Annua l R eport, also, is ready for distribution. Those whowish it

wil l please send us a posta l card requestingit.THE R OMAN CATHOLIOB AND TH E PR BBDMBN .

Soonafterthe warthe R omanCatholics seemedto have made a strongefiorttowinthe F reedmentotheir faith , andmany Protestants felta gooddegr ee of apprehensionthatthe splendor s ofthe cer emonia l andthe absenceof r ace distinctionmightcaptivatethe Negro. Butthe efiortwas unsuccessfuland appcar ed for atimeto have beenabandoned. Ithas oftenbeensaid, however ,thatthe Church of R ome never sur r ender s an undertaking;itmay delay andwaitfor more auspicioustimes.butinthe end itper severes.

Ther e are some indications ofthe r enewal ofthe sealofthe Papacy fortheNegro. The article inanother partofthemagazine, entitled “

The ColoredCatholic Congress,” is anevidence .

Onethingis certain. The R omanCatholic Church deser ves praise forits disregard ofthe color - line. The rich andthe poor ,the white andtheblack, bowatthe same altar , and one ofthe highestdignita ries ofthe churchis notashamedto stand side by side withthe blackmanona gr catpublicoccasion. Protestants atthe North andthe Southmustnotallowthe R omaoiststo surpasstheminthis Christ- like position.WI:ASK our fr iendsto rcadMr . Dodge’s a rticle aboutthe school atPleas

antHill, Tenn. Onethousand dollar s has already beenpledged forthisbuilding, onconditionthatthe remainder ofthe be secur ed. We askthatthis remainder be givenby andnottakenfromChurch orSunday - school contributions—allof which a re needed for cur r entwork.

84 Notes fr omNew England.

NOTE S PR OMNEW EN G LAND .

I have swapped horses—exchanged a Georgiamule for a New Englandthoroughbred—andher eafterthe Notes inthe Saddle wil l bewrittenfromthis dignified seat. Andwhata change itis fromthe Southto NewEngland!

Take amapand look itover . Putdownineach Statethe illiteracy, andmakethe comparison. Inthis good Commonwealth ofMassachusetts onlyseven-tenths of one per cent. ofthe native bornwhite population ar e il litcrate, while inGeorgiatwenty -th ree per cent. ofthe native whites. and inNorth Carolinathirty -twoper cent. ofthe native whites, are illiterate.

The South is pre- eminentlythe greatmissiona ry ground for our Congr egationalChur ches for Congr egationa lismmeansthe school - house astrulyasthe church—and her e inNew Englandther e is mostenthusiastic sympathy with, and supportof,the Amer icanMissionary Associationinits gr eatwork inthatsectionof our country committedto its car e bythe churches.

They wantthe A .M. A .totake Congr egationa lismintothe South, andwhether itorganize churchesmostly of whites or mostly of blacks, NewEnglanddemandsthata Christianof any color be admitted into any church because he is a Christian. The fee lingis intense her e and growingmore so.

Congr egationa lismcould have planted its churches alloverthe South beforethe war ,butitwouldnotstrike hands with slavery ; so,tod aythe childr enofthe Pilgrims demandthatthe A .M. A . ,

inits growingwork, sha l l standtruetothe historic principles ofthe fathers, andnotcompromise Christiantr uth for any seemingtempora ry advantage.

0 0

There is gr eatinterestinthe work amongthe AmericanHigh lander swhichthe A.M. A . is pushingwith such vigor . I spoke ina church nearBoston recently, and, afterthe service, a youngman, his eyes bright, hisface flushed, hur rieddownthe aisle and exclaimed, I ama Kentuckianl”I hadbeentellingsome plainand r ather painfultruths concerningthe peopleof Kentucky—themurders committedthere their lack of school privileges,etc. Ithoughtthis fr iendmightquestionsome ofmy statements, butI wasdelightedwhenhe said Ithank G odthatsome one is r eadyto ca ll attentiontotheter rible needs of my ownState . I can’tgetpeopletobelievemewhen Itellthemofthose needs. I was broughtup onthe edge ofthemountains and knowthemwell, and I donotbelievethere is any spotonearthmore needythanthatr egionofmy ownState.

”He accentuated his

words by a generous gifttotheMountainWork of our Association.0 c 0

A good friend ofthe A.M. A. inGor ham,Me , putintomy handstheletter of Edward Payson, inwhich he acceptedthe call ofthe Second Par ishChurch of Portland, r equestingthatitbe sold andthe proceeds gototheA.M. A. work. Itis a mostinter esting historica l document, of valueto

88 The E dd Wor ker s.

TH E F IE LD.

l888—l889 .

The following listpr esentsthe names and post- onloe addr esses ofthose whonoemployed inthe Chur ches , Institutions and Schools aided bythe AmericanMissionar y Amoeistion.

THE SOUTH.

WASHINGTON, D . o.

THEOLOG ICAL DEPAR TMENT , HOWAR D 1mm .

Eev . W. W. Patton, D .D Washington, D 0 Rev . S.M. Newman, D .D Washington, D 0.

J . G . Cr aighead, D . D . , JohnG . Butler , D .D

A. W. Pfizer , D .D . , G . W.Moons ,LINCOLNm oans. omen.

Pastor ,Rev . G . W.Moor e, G . W.Moons , Washington, D 0.

Elizabeth A. Dufl eld,

HAMPTON, VA.

R ev . H. B. F r issell, Hampton, Va.

NORTH CAROLINA.

WILMING TON. Miss A. E . Far r ington, Portland,Me .

Rev . George S. Rollins , Monson,Mass .

OAKS AND CEDAR CLIFF .

03 3 003 ! INSTITU TE . MW and W ,

W ' R ev . J . N. R ay , Oaks , N. 0.Mr . 000 A W004“ . Weymouth , “888Miss E . W. Douglas , Decor ah , Iowa .

A""mm" MLEANSVILLE AND CHAPELMiss Angie L. Steele , New Ha rtford, Conn.

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Mar y VanAuken, Alpena ,Mich .

”in” CW ‘ TMM’»

Cor am. Roge r s , Spr ingfield,Vt, ‘R s v . Alfr ed Connet, Solsbe r r y , Ind

Louise Denton, Hempstead, L . I .M188 Nettie Connet,Mar y D . Hyde, Zumbrota ,Minn.Mr . 0. Connet,

0. A. Lewis , Columbus , Ohio.Mina L. Lewis , Columbus , Ohio.

8m “ AND SALEM‘Mr s. G eo. A. Woodard, Weymouth ,Mass .

G OO. 8 . 301 11 1 1 8 , HODBOD , “688 . R ev , Z , Simmons ,Mr s . Elinor Walden,

RALEIG H.

NALLS.

Rev . G eo. S. Smith ,R aleigh , N. C. R ev .M. L. Baldwin, Nails , N. 0.

'Deoesaed.

Rev . J . W. Roberts , Dodd, Tex.

The I isld Wor ker s.

olloway ,

INDIANMISSIONS.

SANTEE AG ENCY , NEBRASKA.

scam TRAINING sonoon.

W onder“andMissiona ry ,

R ev . A. L. Riggs ,

h ear se-

sr ,Mr . Joseph H. Steer ,Teacher s ,Mr . J . A. Chadbourne , Bridgewater ,Mass.Miss Har r ietB . Ilsley , Newar k, N. J .

SusieM. Furman, Canandaigua ,Mich .

Edith Leona rd, Scotland,Mass.

Cor a I . R iggs , Santee Agency , NebElla Worden, Topeka , Kan.

Santee Agency , Neb.

BrownEarth ,Dak.

(Dakota Home) ,Miss L. H. Douglass, NewHaven, Conn.

(Bird’s Nest) ,Miss Har rietA. Brown, Rocky Point, N. Y .

(YoungMen’s Hall) ,MimJennieE . Kennedy ,Montr ose , Iowa .

(Boys’(lettuce) .Miss S Liz ieVoor hees , Rocky Hill, N. J .

(DiningHall) ,Miss Nettie Calhoun, Kenton, Ohio.

(Whitney Hall) ,Mr s. E . E. Sootford, Chicago, Ill.Missiona ries ,Mr s. A. L. R iggs , Santee Agency , Neb.

J . H. Steer ,A. H. Stone Philipstone,Mass.

Industr ialDepa rtment,Joseph H. Steer , Ssntee Agency , Neb.

A. H. Stone, Philipstone ,Mass.

Edgar H. Sootford, Chicago, Ill.

ReubenCash , Niobr ar a , Neb.

Ivor P. Wold,

Supt. P r inting Ofi cs,Chas. R . Lawson,

R ev.ArtemasEhnamani, Santee Agency , NMr . EllAbr aham,

Rev . J . E. Smith ,

Santos Agency , Neb.

Mrs. 3 ° 3 ° Smith ,Santee Agency , Neb.

PONCA AG ENCY .Minister andnastier ,De Smet, Dak.

CHEYENNE R IVER AGENCY DAKOTA.

r oa r m u su r rou.

DavidLee, Ch eyenne River Agency, Dak.

or r osr r a r oar smx STATION.

Henr y Lee, Cheyenne River Agency, Dak.

m u m nos. 1 u p 2.

James Brown,cmaNa rm xoa s, 4 u n5.

Elizabeth Winyan, SissetonAgency , Dak.EdwinPhelps ,

CHEYENNE arvn nos. 6 u p 7.

Joseph Day , Flandr eau, Dak.

Hornsnssron,MOBSAU nr vn.

JohnBluecloud, BrownEarth , Dak.

ROSEBUD AG ENCY , DAKOTA.Missionar y ,

BU R R ELL STATION.

Santee ASGDOY . Neb. Fr ancis Fr asier andwife, Santos Agency ,Neb.

eh .FAR R STR EET CHU R CH STATION, WHITE awn.

LouisDe Coteau andwife,SissetonAg’cy Dak.

OAHE , DAKOTA.

ommans-r ain.moon.

W andMissiona r y ,Rev . T. L. R iggs , Oahe, Dak.Manager and 1m ,Mr . Elias Jacobson, Oahe, Dak.

Instru ctor s,MissM. Lindemann, WestNewton,Mal .

Julia E . Pr att, Essex, Conn.

EthelCollins , Keokuk , Iowa .

Flor a Parnum, Pier r e , Dak.Mr s. T. L. R iggs , OaheMr s. Geo. Reed,

1 7“MWor ker s. 45

STANDING BOOKAGENCY , DAKOTA. Mr s. C. L. Hall, FortBerthold Dak.MissMar y B. Benedict, No. Walton,N. Y .

3 0“ G eo w. 3 900. 8PM“ :“N m. L. n. Townsend, FortBerthold, DakMatr onam am m1 . Miss Roanna r . Challis, Kampeska , Dak.Missiona r ies

Rev . G eo. W. Reed. Springfield.Mass s'xoxcmsnsensor .w. T.Mrs. G eo. W. Reed,Mr s Sa r ah W. Devoll,M.D Brookline,Mass. Rev.MyronEells, S’kokomish ,w, T.

NEWME!ICO.Missiona r ies ,MissM. 0. Collins, Keokuk , IOWB P rincipal,cc JosephlnoBarnaby , NewHaven, Conn. Mr . Elmor e Chase, Jacksonville, Ill.

Elias G ilbert, Wakanna . l awns ,Elmor e Chase , Jacksonville, Ill.

EORT BERTHOLD AGENCY , DAKOTA. MissMa ryW. G reen, Philadelphia , Pa.

Hissionar y , Teacher ,FortBerthold,Dak. Santa F6, N.M.

CHINESEMISSIONS.

Super intendent,Rev . WilliamC. Pond, D .D . , SanFr ancisco,

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Cal.

Los Angeles , Mr s. C. A. Sheldon, Los Angeles, Cal

Oroville, Oroville, Cal.

Petaluma , CalSanBuenaventur a Cal.

SanDiego, SanDiego Cal

SanF r ancisco Cal

Santa Cm OAL

Stockton, StocktonCal

LooQueue.MissM. A. Flint,Miss L. F . Lamont,ChinChungMow,Miss Ziila Deuel,Miss JessleMartin,Mr s.M. H . Colby,Mr s. R illa Ca r r ingtcn,ChinFey ,Mr s . Ida White,G inFooKing,Mr s .M. A.McKenzie,QuonNewer ,Miss J . S. Worley,Mr s .M. A. G r een,Miss Rosa E . Lamont,MissVioletW. Lamont,Thomas E. Haven,Jas G am,Mr s. H. W. Lamont,WongG em,Miss F . N. Worley,Mr s . C. Goodwin,ChinG aing,Mr s. E .M. Shattuck ,MissMary L. Perkins,YongJin,Mr s .M. H. Langdon,HongSing,

s'

e Conventionof Color ed R oman Catholics .

CONVENTION OP COLOR ED now CATHOLI CS.

A Nationa l Conventionof Color ed R omanCatholics, composed of

delegates fromnear ly allthe colored R omanCatholic churches and societies inthe country, beganits sessions onthemorningof January r st, intheSt. Augustine Colored Catholic Church inWashington. Every seatwasoccupied whenFather Tolton, of Quincy, Ill. ,the only colored Catholicpriestinthe United States, beganthe celebrationof solemnHighMass.Immediately infrontof andbeneaththe °

pulpitsathis Eminence, CardinalGibbons, whodeliveredthe sermon. He was clad inscar letrobes. Attheconclusionofthe sermon,the Cardina l welcomedthe delegates inhis ownname, andinthe name ofthe clergy andofthe congr egation. He said

This gatheringwillma rk aner a inthe history ofthe coloredpeople ofthe United States, for never before have color ed Catholics ofthe countrymetinconvention.

’

He suggestedthatthe conventiondiscussthe educationofthe children—the religious educationnecessarytothe life oftheR epublic. 77mambenal level ofMe Cal/colic Cla r a—42: equality—o a reloquently dilatedupon, and attentionwas dir ectedtothef ad {Ital a eolor edpz-s'a fhadcelebr atedmass incompanym7}:twowlu’te elergymWe quotethe above fromthe People’s Advocate, a paper published in

Washington, D . C. ,by colored editor s and inthe interests ofthe colored

people Incomments uponthe above r eport, itaddsThe presence of a Negropriestof pure lineage, borna slave, ordained

atR ome, Augustus Tolton—the property of StephenElliot, asthe recordstands inthe Vatican—the appearance of Cardinal Gibbons inhis ofi cialrobesto sanctionthe meeting, his eloquentreferencetothe universality ofthe Church of R omethatknows neither North, South, Eastor West;thatknows neither Jewnor Gentile, Greek, Barbariannor Scythian,’maymislcadthe unwary astothe r ea l objectofthemovement. Its real purpose istopropagatethe R omanCatholic faith amongthe coloredpeople. So far asthismeetingwil l secure fromwhite Protestants a gr eater interestin, and a

more Christian recognitionof,the Negr o as anequal participantintheGospel plan, we regard itas Providential. We are notr eadyto concedethatthe R omanCatholic Church has beenthe friend of freedom, of education, of human rights and of progr ess . We do notseethatanything isgained by claiming for R omanCatholicismto day, or inthe past, whatisclear ly notso. Butthe R omanCatholic Church has placed itself squar ely

onthe doctrine ofthe Gospel astaughtby Christuponthe questionof universal brotherhood. Pr ejudiced asmanymay be by longyea rs oftrainingagainstthetenets ofthis church, allmustacknowledgethatthis practice ofthe R omanists as manifested inthe presence of a blackmanonterms ofper fectequality, ofi ciating atthe alta r of St. Augustine’s Church, assistedonhis rightand leftby white priests, inthepresence of his Eminence CardinalGibbons, will be putinstrikingcontrastwiththatofthewhite American

Amongthe TennesseeMounta ins. 47

Protestantchurches who ar e willingonevery occasionto sacr ificethe Negr oto securethe cc-operationofthe South onotherthanGospelterms.

”

R ev. George W.Moore, ofthe LincolnMemorial Congr egationa l Church ,atWashington,to whomwe are indebted for a ful l accountofthe sessionsofthe Congress, comments uponitas followsMr . D . A. R udd, of Cincinnati, editor ofthe AmericanCal/colic Tr ibune,a coloredCatholic paper ,was chosenpermanentChairman. Uponassumingthe ofi ce he spoke favorably ofthe attitude ofthe Catholic Churchtowa rdsthe Negro, sayingespecia l ly The Fatherhood of G od andthe brotherhood of manistaughtandpr actisedbythe Catholic Church inno doubtfulterms.

’

He advocatedthe starting of Catholic schools andthe aidingofthose already sta rted. The followingfacts wer e presentedbythe CommitteeonR esolutions Ther e a retwenty colored R omanCatholic churches inthecountry, each of which has a school annexed. There are sixty - five othercolored R omanCatholic schools ; eightcolored R omanCatholic orphanasylums andthr ee reformatories. Fivethousand colored children a retaughtinthese schools, andthr ee hundred childr eninthe asylums. Sevencolored students are preparingto become priests. The Pope fromR omecabled his greetings inresponseto a cable fromtheCongr ess, saying: ‘

The

Sover eignPontifi gladly and proudly blesses you with all his heart. ’ The

influence, patronage andwealth ofthe R omanCatholic Church a re allattheser vice ofthismovement, and if Protestants build upcaste- churches intheSouth,the R omanists will not.

AMON G THE TENNE SSEEMOU NTA IN S .

s r “mom suns wm'ncs .My visittothe people amongthe mountains was rather a departurefrommy usual work—thatof preachingtothe colored people. I have

pr eached here abouttwoweeks,the attendance beinggood, andthe interestdeepeningasthemeetings wenton, until nowwe havemorethana score whohave professedto find Jesusprecioustotheir souls.

The conditionofthe natives inthis vicinity is very sad. Their ignorance andpride coupledmake italmostimpossibleto do anything forthem.

The rough roads overthe rocks andmountainsmake ita dangerous undertakingforthemto attend church inthe evenings. Several of us started forameetingamongthemona recentSaturday afternoon, with r ubbers, umbrellas andwaterproofs, prepar ed for mud and r ain. We crossed a ricketyoldwoodenbridgethathadbeennear ly washed awaybythe floods, andcommoodto climbthemountainside by a roadthatwas near ly as steepas a

steeple andwhich wended a roundtonear ly every pointofthe compass, evergoingup, over ruts and rocks, roots andtrunks oftrees, now jumpingacrossa ravine, andnextclimbinga fence. Atlastamongthethickets and brush

48 Amongthe TennesseeMountains.

there were some signs of life, andwe cameto anopeningamongthetr eeswhere we sawamiserable- lookingold shanty . The fir stthoughtwas, canitbe possiblethathumanbeings live ina shed likethis ? We drew near and

sawtwowomensittingwiththeir knees uptothe openfire onthe hearth .

They lookedmuch surprisedto see us. Wetoldthemthatwe wer e goingtohold a meetingata house a little farther on; willthey go ? No,they don’tcar etogo, expectoratingthetobacco juice fromtheirmonths intothe fire atthe sametime. We r eplied, Y ou wouldbetter go; itmaybe you will neverhave a chanceto hear anEnglishmanagain;to which we gota r eply,Hear a wh eatWhetherthey knewwhatanEnglishmanwas, or not, or

evenifthey ever heardthere was such a country as England I cannotsaybutI under standthere ar ethousands ofthese people who knownothing ofthe outside wor ld, andmany whower e never fivemiles away fromtheir owndoor - stepintheir life. With a patch of groundfor corn, another fortobacco, with wood forthe fire,they ar e as contented asthe President; alas,too contentedWe enteredthe cabintowhich we were going by a door -way inwhich

wemustneeds bend our heads very lowto getinside. The firstthingthatstruck us wasthe gloomanddar kness. Ineach corner ofthe roomwas a

bed, with a smaller one pushed underneath, andtwo sick people sufieringfromslow fever . Itis nowonder , for elevenpeople occupiedthis one room,abouttwelve feetsquare. Needwe wonderthatmisery and squalor are seen

allaround? Anold soapbox fromthe grocery formed a corner cupboard.

Two old chair s which perhaps belongedtotheir gr eat-gr andmother , allframeandno seat, anempty box, and a bucketof water with atin scoop, formedthe whole furnitur e ofthemountaincabin. Poor souls !I wastoldthatIhaddone wonder s whenone day, duringanaddress, I gotthemto smile Itwas quite atreatto see a smile upontheir faces. Joy seemstobe outsidetheir domainaltogether , andthe wor stfeatur e appear sto bethatthey haveno desir e for anythingdifierent. I fthey getthe ideathatyouthinkthemlowdownandwantto liftthemup,they atonce commenceto stretchthemselves uptotheir ful l heightand stand upontheir dignity. They will notfailtote ll you plainlythatyoumustnotthinkthey belongtothe knownothing class. They knowwhatis rightandwhatis wrong, withoutyoucomingher e .

"This is often said, evenbythose who live immor al lives.

Pride of r ace is oftenafiectedtowardsthe colored people. A coloredmanunfortunately hadbeendrinkingandwas leftatthe depot. Some one stumbled againsthim, saying, I didnotknowitwas aman; Ithoughtitwas baggage. His companionspoke upand said, Itisn’taman; it's a nigger .

”

Oftentheir childr enar e br ight, cheery - lookingchildr en, well -behaved, unassumingand quiet. These poor mountainpeoplemightdo welltotake a fewlessons frommany oftheir despised, dusky neighbor s.

Thewhole work, inmy littletime amongthese people, hasgr eatlytouchedmy heartanddr awnoutmy sympathiestowardsthem.

Items fr omtheM. 49

ITEMS ER OMTHE F IE LD .

Trinity School, Athens, AlaDuringDecemberthere was a special religious interestinview ofthe

meetings heldby R ev.Mr . Wharton, your missionary evangelist. Themeetings wer e wel l attendedby our students andbythe people. Thesemeetingswer e gr eatly blessedtothe quickening and upbuilding of Christians, andtwe lve per sons professed conver sion. All of our pupils exceptone, abovethe primary department, ar e professing Christians. Our studentprayermeetings ar e exceedingly precious seasonstoteachers andpupils. We have

justorganized a Y oungPeople's Society of Ch ristianEndeavor which promisesto be very helpful.

“Onaccountofthesemeetingswe couldnotmake our usua l preparations

for a Ch ristmas concertand pr esentstothe children. Accordingly, weinvitedthemallto our par lor sto a r eceptiononWednesdaythe soth ,andto our gr eatsurprise,there came a Christmas box onTuesday, withpr esents for every one, gr eatlytothe joy ofthe little ones, yes, and ofthelarge ones also. Afterthe distributionofthe gifts, delightfulmusic bubbledfromeveryth roat, andthe univer sa ltestimony was, This isthe bestChristmas I ever spent. ’

StraightU niver sity, NewOr leans, La .

We ar e havinga glorious reviva l . Every nightduringthe Week of

Pr ayerthere have beenglad hearts. Ithinkthere is scarcely a boardingstudentwho is notthoroughly aroused. Mostare seekingthe Saviour .

E ighteenhave found peace. Many day students, and other s who ar e notstudents, have beenmuch inter ested. One youngmanwho has beena scof

fer atallgoodthings, cametothe meetings, and sooncame underthe influence and asked ustopray for him. As I write inStone Hall, I hear onall sidesthe sound of prayer and singing.

Tm:new CHU R CH atCrossville, Tenn. , was dedicated onSunday, Dec.

30th . The newbuildingis verytasteful and convenient, ina beautiful andcentr a l location. Six newmember s were received—allNorthernpeople.

The housewas full both morningand evening. Much interestwas shown.R ev. G . 8 . Popepr eachedinthemorningandR ev. 8 . E . Lathropinthe evening.

SnxnwoonAcanmrv opened its newwintertermwith increasingnumber s. The school is gainingfavor with allclasses andis doinganexcellentwork.

Has rr s ANDMa rinas,"isthetitle of a neatlittle volume byMr s.

W . A. Armstrong, of Hampton, Va. Itismade upofthe lectures deliveredbyMrs. Armstrongtothe students ofthe Institution, and is a remarkablyclear statementofthe rulesthatshould governthe habits andmanner s ofladies andgentlemen. These lectur es,though origina lly addressedto colored

50 The OMnese.students, ar e equal ly applicableto white people, for here, atleast, colormakes nodifierence. The book hasmany other items of interest, as for example, rules for cooking, recipes, etc.

TH E CH IN E S E .

A G LIMPSE AT SHADY SIDE .

xlv . w. a roan, n.n.

Our friends will geta quite one- sided andmistakenview of our

work amongthe Chinese, as of any other missiona ry work, ifthey have

nothingbutthe sunny- side reportsto read. Itis a warthatwe are waging,andwar is serious business. The varied fortune ofthe battle involves defeats, incidenta l andtempor ary, onthe waytothe final victory . Sometimesitis hope defer red.

There are Chinese inwhomwe have cometo be deeply inter ested, forwhomwe have longpr ayed, who have for year s beenamongthemostconstantandmostpleasingof our pupils, and for year s have beenconvincedthatanidol is nothing, butthatthe G od ofthe Bible isthe onlytrue God,

andthe Christofthe Gospe lthe onlytrue Saviour , who stop justther e.

Over and over againwe ask aboutthem, onlyto findthemstilljustther e.

Nota stepforward seemsto have beentaken, andmeanwhiletime—weeksthatgrowtomonths, andmonthsthatgrowevento year s—timethatmightbe ful l of service, runstowaste. The heartgets sickwiththis hope defer r ed.

Thenthere ar e cases of disappointment. Brighthopes have darkenedalmosttothe blackness of very despair . A brother whose conver sion, (mtI say appar entconver sion?) has seemedto be unusually clear ; whose walkas a Christianseemed, while he was with us,to be well -nigh per fect; whosespiritwas singular ly humble, devoutandCh ristly ; whowas growing r apidlyinknowledge ofthe word, and could already preachthe word with power ,goes backto his home inChina. Sore pressur e is broughtto bear uponhim, and he pays some sortof homage atanidol’s sh rine. He feels forthwith condemned. He wil l notbe a hypocr ite, andthereforewil l no longerprofessto be a Christian. Nowthathe has returnedto California, he isashamed, he says,to show himself amongthe brethren. He stands aloofkeeps outof sight, andthustakesthe very path alongwhich Judas hastenedto his doom. Invaindo we show himthe better way of faith ; invainspeakto himof Peter , or ofthe Father ’s welcometothe prodigal, andthedelightwe once hadinhimadds sorenesstothe heartache of our disappointedhope.

These ar e notsolitary cases. Y etwe maythank G odthatthey r epre

sentnotthe general rule, butthe exceptions. The gener al rule isthatofconstancy and faithfulness, andthese exceptions ar e such as occurr ed even

52 Bur eau of Woman’s Wor k.

Chinese inthemovlngcampsonthe ralir cads. Rev . Dr . Bar rowsmsds a vsry d ecfivs

appealfor hmda and a collectionwastaksn. Dr . Pondcertainly deserves gmatcreditfor his labors inthis department, inadditiontothepastorate of Bethany Church inSanFrancisco, inwhichthere ar e a large number of Chinese.


S WO R K .

WOMAN‘


Cc- or xmrmc mmm AnnrcmMISSIONAR Y Assocu r ros .

Ml—Woman’s AidtoA.M. A. ,Chairmancf CornMum—Woman's HomeMin. Society , Sea -sun,

mitten,Mr s. C. A. Woodbur y , Woodfor ds ,Ms. Miss Kathar ine Plant, nanPortlandAvenue.Vr . -Wornan's AidtoA.M. A. , Chairmanor ComMinneapolis,Minn.

mitten,Mu Henr y Fairbanks, St. Johnsbur yflt. [owe—Woman's HomeMin. Union,My,V'r . -Woman’s HomeMin. Union, Secretar y, Miss Ella E.Mar sh , G r innell, IowaMra EllenOsgood,Montpelier , Vt. Ka rissa—Woman's HomeMin. Society , Sea !Cont.—Wcman’s HomeMin. Union, Sea -etar y , ta r-y,Mr s. G . L. Ewe. Topeka, Kan.

Conn. Mr s.Mar y B. War ren, b a sing,Mia .

N. Y .—Woman’s HansMin. Union, Secretar y , Win—Woman's HomeMin. Union, Sec s- q ,

Nut—Woman's HomeMin. Union, meaty ,Ana—Woman'sMid east-y Association, Sec e Mr s. L. 1 . Ber r y ,atNBroadSt. .a c Neb.tar y,Mra G . W. Andr ews, Talladega , Ala. Comm —Woman's BorneMin. Union, Sea !Oma - Woman's HomeMis Union, Secr etnu ,

tar y ,Mr s. S.M. Packard, Pueblo, Colo.Mr a Flor a K. R egal, Ober lin, Ohio. Danna - Woman'sHomeMin. Union,Meat,Ian—Woman's HomeMin. Union, Sea -stun, Mr s. T.M. Hills, Sioux Falls ; Secr etar y,Mrs .

1nd. W. R . Dawss, R edfield ; Tr easure r ,Mr s. S, E .

ILL—Woman’sHomeMin. Union, Secr etar y ,Mr a Flfi eld, Lake Pr eston.C. H. Taintor , 1 51 WashingtonSt, Chia nti) . Ill.We would suggesttc allladies connectedwiththe auxllla r les ctStatsMissionary Unions, “

funds forth e Amer icanMissiona r y Associationbe sentto usth r oughthetr-easurers ofthe Union.Car e. however , should betakentodesignateth emoney as forthe Amer icanMissionary A- cdatlrn,sinceW Mwillnotr each us.

Butwhythegir ls? Becausethe gir ls are immortal as well asthe boys.Becausethe gir ls intheir educationhave beenneglected far morethantheboys. Becausethegir ls aretobethemot/ter : ofthe nextgener ation.

Thatthey a re immortal, andcapable of becominganddoingmuch inthislife would seemtobe doubted evenbytheir pa r ents. The neglectofthegir ls intheir physica l,mental,mor al, and religious education, is enoughtodrawpity evenfromthemoststupid Chr istian.

Hundreds are putinto fieldwork fromspringtil l autumn. They followthemule and bul ltongue.

”They wieldthe heavy hoe, sproutingnewly

cleared land. They look after cattle onthe r anges andthe mountainswine,and ifthese ar e needed for meat, kill anddr essthemas a manwould do.

Said a womanthe other day, I wish I had as many dollar s as I have a lone

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killed and dressedhogs. With parentsthe boymeans a heap morethanthegir l. A boy canshootdeer and coon, fox and r abbit, canbuildcabins,cankeepschool, and seems be a doctor or goto Congress . Withthisimpression, if anybody is clothedand sentto school, itisthe boy , while as arule,the gir l is poor ly clad and stays athometo dothe boy's work,tomake“craps, andgrow upinignor ance. If inber rytimethey cangeta few

dimestobuy a ca lico dr ess and a pair of shoes, contentmentsettles overtheir faces. Aspirations for anything betterthey have not, for anavenue

leadingto a more hopeful lifethey have never dreamed of. To look intothe futurethere is nothingsunny or br ight. I lliterate,they mar r y youngsome poor fellow, andwith nomoneythey beginlife, buildtheir cabinhomeinthetimber land, girdle a few acr es ofthe statelytrees of oak and chestnut, andthere r aise a familytotakethe same dar k andgloomy viewof lifethe par ents have had.Mustthis conditionofthings continue, amonga people,too, who are all

native bornAmericans, who have fair native abilitiestobecome a power forgood iftr ained inChristianschools ?

I : itnottime a specialefiortbemade forthesegir ls l’ They are growingolder . They will soonbethemother s of a newgener ation. With illiteratemother swhatwil lthatgener ationbe ? Justwhatthe pr esentgenerationnowis. Whatwil l itbe ifthese gir ls nowgrowingupa re broughtinto a schoollike our s atPleasantHil l Her e, ifthere canbe sufficientroomand ampleteaching force,they willbetaughtandtrained ina pr actica l knowledge of

allthe duties of life, especia lly inthose ofthe household. I f we educateand savethe gir l:we are usingthe very lever neededto liftthese hopelessandneglectedthousands livingatour very door s, outoftheir degr aded lifeand bringthemintothe lightofthe roth century , and qualifythemtotake positions amongthe bestwomenofthe land.

The work for which I plead is ful l of encouragementand hope.

Itis notinAfr ica. Itis withinone ortwo days’ ride ofthe largestandmostwealthy churches of our country ,those who lovethe Kingdomof

Christand have sent. and are stil l sending,theirthousands of dol la r stotheends ofthe earth, whilethese brightAmericangir ls are, by some strangeover sight, neglected atour very door s.

The AmericanMissionary Associationhas undertakena noble workamongthem, and somethinghas beenaccomplished, yetthis goodwork hasbutjustbegun. The grey dawnhas only casta few signs of daylightoverthe mountains. To ca r rythis work forwa rd successfully inbehalf oftheneglectedgir ls,there should be, ina greatnatura l center of oper ations likePleasantHill, a spacious boarding hall with an industrial departmentandhome, forthose gir ls. Itshouldnotbe stinted insize, butlarge, well - arranged, and well - equipped inall its departments fromthe primary nowards, wher ethey can betaughteverything a gir l oughtto lea rn,notonly in books and in a Christian life, buttaughtto sew, kn

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da rnstockings,tomake goodbread, andkeephousewith order andneatness,anddo everythingneededto be done ina Christianhome. I fthe nativegr

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r lr cancome fromtheir cabinhomes into such aninstitutionandbethusthorough lytrained,the ar e isthen laid atthe very rootofthetr ee of a

squalid life of illiteracy, anda life of Christianculture and hope comes inits place, where Christianmother sthrowangelicbrightness overtheir households, and families of childrenar etrainedto actwelltheir partinthis gr eatandgrowingnation. The institutionI suggest, and for which Imustplead,shouldnotonly be large enoughto accommodate gir ls near athand, butfromother neighboringStates who stand inneed of such a home andtr aining. Itshouldbe a Bethel forthese immorta l waits, a house of bread, so

well provided for astotakethe poorestwho cannotpay a centoftheir ownexpenses. Onthis base itwill be doingthe greatestandgr andestwork possible forthetwomillions and a half who a re scatter ed as lostsheepoverthemountains of our ownland.

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grandma fi lamentar y gu aranties .

THE R EMED Y —BU T W HO IS TO F U R NISH IT ?

PresidentHar rison's Inaugur al gives ina brief sentencethe remedy forthegreatSoutherndifliculty, viz . ED U CATlON .

“If, inany ofthe States,the public security isthoughtto bethr eatened

by ignor ance amongthe elector s,the obvious r emedy is education.

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The Southern situationhas beenvigorously discussedinthe lastfewmonths onthe platform, and inthemagazines andnewspaper s, andthe conclusionto whichtheminds ofthoughtfulmenis rapidly comingisthatannouncedinthe President'sMessage.

Butthe r emedy will notapply itself, andthe means for anadequatesupply of educationa l facilitiesmustbe furnished promptly orthetime wil lsooncome whenthe case will be hopeless.

WHAT Annms souncns or wa s SU PPLY ?

r . The public school funds ofthe Statesthemselves. Thismustbethemainsource. We recognizethe factthatthe SouthernStates are comparatively poor , andthe further fact, so gr eatlytotheir credit,thatsome ofthemarepayingas large a per cent. onthe assessed va lue oftheir property as do

some ofthe NorthernStates. Butallthe same,the supply of school housesandteacher s is utter ly inadequate.

2 . F romtheNationa l Government. The Governmenthas done somethinginthis direction; ingivinglandstothe States for educationa l purposes and inestablishingthe F reedmen’s Bur eau. Itis urgedto domor e bythe pastage of anEducationa l Bill . Ithas beensaidthatthere ar e objectionstoevery possible way of plantinga hillof corn. Buta good dea l of cornhasbeenplanted, and itgrows. Ther e a re objectionsto any possible EducationalBil lthatcanbe framed. Some ofthe funds will be wasted, some wil lbe expended infavoritismand some will be neglected andnotexpended atall. Butyeta large sha r e ofthemoney wil l be spentandwell spent, andthe greatgoodwill over -balancetheminor evils. Buteventhe appropriation,

92 The R emedy—B utWho isto Pumas a .

under any Educational Billthathas beenproposed, will be buta dropinthe bucket.3 . Another source is fromNortherncharitable funds . The North owes

animmeasur able debttoboth r aces inthe South . Itemancipatedthe slave,and inso doing, assumed its shar e ofthe responsibility forthe consequences.Itcannotshrink fromthe duty underthe pleathatitis a Southernquestion, or evenbecause some ofthe people atthe South protestagainstits inter ference.

The duty ofthe North istwo- fold—educational and religious. Itisboundto aid inprimary, industrial, norma l and higher education. Ithastheteacher s and ithasthe money. Ithas a specia l obligationto impartr eligious instr uction. The public school funds ofthe South andthe moneyofthe Nationa l Governmentcannotbe appliedto distinctively religious education. Butthere is no such restrictiononthe Northernschools inthe Souththey cangive r eligious instructioninall depa rtments, andthey cantr ainupreligiousteacher s andpreachers. The North,too, has anurgentca llto foundpure and intelligentchurches amongthemasses inthe South .

The North has notbeenidle inthese respects . The public inboth sections ofthe country have. we believe, a faintconceptionofthe amountofmoney a lready expendedinthe South by Northerncharitable individuals andsocieties. For example,the AmericanMissionary Association, includingsome institutions which itfounded and for atime sustained, has expended

and including, also, books and clothingandthe amountcollected and spentinconnectionwith its boardingdepa rtments,thetota l sum,as near as canbe computed, wouldbe notfar fromtenmillion: of dafla r ssince 1 862 ; andthismoney has beeneconomica lly andwisely expended. Itis duetothe Associationandtothose who have supplied itwiththe funds,thatthe gr andeur of its work shouldbe recognized. But, ifnow,to allthisis addedthe amountexpended inthe South by other religious bodies and bythe Peabody and Slater and Hand funds, itwil l be seenthata mighty for ceis atwork, unobtr usive as itis he lpful, arousingno antagonisminthe South ,andblessinginits r eboundthe benevolentcontributor s atthe North .

r un INADEQU ACY or THE SU PPLY .

But, asthe disciples said inr egardtothe five bar ley loaves andthetwofishes, Whata r e (lur e among so many The means inboth cases a r e

utter ly inadequate, andthe need of multiplying is as imperative here as itwas onthe shore of Galilee . We have a Negro populationof eightmillions, which has doubled inthe lasttwenty yea r s, and incr eases atthe rate ofsix hundr edper day—requiring, if adequately supplied,the founding of a

newFisk Univer sity or Talladega Col lege everytwenty - four hour s. Ther e

a re r ,5oo,ooo illiter ate voter s inthe South, and how canthe North, whileadmittingwith PresidentHa r rison.thatifthe public security isth r eatened

Some Cur ious and Suggestive F acts . 93

bythis ignor ancethe r emedy is education, withhold its share ofthenecessary means?Howcanthe churches ofthe North , whoknowthatthe futur e destiny ofthese ignor antmasses depends upontheir r eligion: fa r mor ethanupontheir

secular education, refusethe neededgifts forthatpurpose ? Her e is wher ethemiracle wroughtonthe shore of Galilee needsto be repeated.“Our

LordandMaster is nothere nowinbodily presence, and he entruststo hischurchthe duty ofmultiplyingthe br ead of life forthese vastperishingmasses. The chur ches ofthe North mustawaketothis gr eatduty. I f

done atall, itmustbe done promptly . Pr esentmeans ar e wholly inadequate. Every individua l Ch ristianatthe North should feel his per sona lresponsibility and should respondby a greatincrease of his contributions forthispurpose . Itis nottoomuchto saythatthe r eligious influences sentfromthe North inschool, inindustria ltraining, inthe pr epar ationof Christianminister s andteacher s, and inthe planting of Christianchurches, willwell -nigh constitutethe pivotal pointofthe whole movement. A loss nowcannever be regained, butthe achievements ofthe presentshouldbe a stimulus forthe future. The North withheld neithertreasur e nor bloodto savethe Unionandto freethe slave. Tr easure andtoil willnowsavethe Southandthe Nation.

80“ CU R IOU S AND SU G G E STIVB FA CTS .

Whatproportionofthe funds contributedby livingdonor stomissionarysocieties comes dir ectly fromchurch col lections We presumethe answerfroma large major ity ofthe contributor s would be,thr ee - fourths or four

fifths. Butthe curious factis,that, fortheth ree year s, 1 886, 1 887and 1 888,the average contributionstothe Amer icanMissiona ry Association fromchurch col lections ar e forty ~sevenper cent, fromSunday - schools sevenpercent. , fromWoman’sMissiona ry Societies five per cent, fromindividua ldonor s forty - one per cent. Itthus appear sthatlessthanone - ha lfthetota lsumcomes fromcollections inthe churches. Another cur ious factis,thatthese receipts dir ectly fromthe churches ar e uniform, notdifieringtotheextentofthr ee per cent. inthe pastth ree yea r s. Sothat, with allthe importunity andpressure,the plate collections inthe churches have notincreased.

Another curious factis,thatone-third ofthe amountdonatedby individnals is for special objects, mainly forthe increase of plant, andthus addstothe costof r unning expenses, and is so fa r forth a burdenandnota r eliefonr egular appropriations for cur r entexpenses.

What,ther efore, isthe stable r eliance ofmissiona ry societies onwhichtomake annual appropriations? Itcannotbe onlegacies. Itcannotbe ontheSpecia l contributions of individua ls . Itoughtto be based onchurch col

lections. These shouldcar ry cur rentexpenses, andthe additiona lplantshould

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come fromoutside sources. I fthis be so, andthe societies areto incr ea setheir work atallfromyea rto year ; if, indeed,they ar etomeetthe additionalcostofthe newplantgivenby individua ls,thenthe church collections shouldbe incr easedproportionately .

Are we not,ther efore, making a legitimate appea l, whenwe urge upon

every churchmemberthe duty of incr easinghis individua l giftputintotheplate whenthe collectionistaken A vote ofthe Nationa l Council or oftheAnnua lMeetingof amissiona ry body, or of a State Confer ence,thataciety should receive anincr ease of funds amountsto little, unlesstheindividua l donor inthe church wil l incr ease his gifts.

A little incr ease here aggr egates much. I f everymember wil l add fiveper cent. ortenper cent, itwill be littleto each, butwillbe gr eatinthetota l . ‘ May we ask our r eader sto laythisto heartwiththe query of eachtohimself, I s itnotmy dutyto incr easemy individua l contribution?

PAR AG R APH S .

W3 havemany appeals by letter and inper son fromcoloredpeople inthe South , for helpfromthe Hand Fund.to aid in sustaining enterpriseswhichthese people ar e endeavoringto ca r ry forward. Some ofthese schoolsare heavily indebt. Others are greatly lacking innecessary facilities, buildings, furniture andteacher s. Other s are crippledfor wantofmeanstomeetcur rentexpenses . Many ofthese institutions are unwisely loeated, other shave no adequate financia l basistowa r ranttheir existence, and some seemto lackthe necessa ry provision for super visionand r esponsibility . Taken

alltogether ,they furnish additiona l warningstothe people ofthe Northagainstcontributingto individua l or loca l enterpr ises inthe South withoutmostear efulscr utiny intothe facts ineach individua l instance.

A coloredmissiona ryteacher inone ofthemostdesolate parts of NorthCarolina writes us as fol lows

“Inmakingoutmy bil l, you will per haps notunderstandwhatImeanbythe amountto be deducted.

’ I desiretogive one-tenth of allmy earningsto God. Of cour se itis Hisby right. Ourmissionary has broughtthematter plainly befor eme, so I desir ethatyou wil l deduct$z .oo every month ,which will be one -tenth of my entire sa lary, andputitwher e itwill be usedforthe service of Christ. ”R ev . F r ank G . Woodworth wr ites fromTouga loo Univer sity.

The school is progr essingwel l . I f we havethe necessa ry accommodations, I see no r easonwhythe school shouldnotenrol 500 pupils withinth enexttwo yea rs . We have hadnea r ly 340thus far . and probably will r each

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contributionwhich has recently reachedthis New England oflice. R ev. B.

F . Ousley of Kambini, EastAfrica, sends a contributionoftendollar s fortheTheological Depa rtmentinFisk Univer sity, Nashville, Tenn. Mr . Ousleyandwife :are gr aduates of Fisk Univer sity and wentoutas missionariestoAfries underthe AmericanBoa rd, four year s ago. Afterthese year s of experiencethey r ea lizethatAfr ies mustbe evangelized by colored peopletrained by A .M. A. schools, andtheymakethis generous contributiontothis grandwork.

A suggestionmade inthe BostonMinister s’Meeting, onthe question,Howto conducta prayer meeting,” mightbe very appropriately appliedtomissionary concerts andaddresses. Thiswasthe suggestion: Keepthetemperature warm,the atmosphere clea r , and .don’tpommelthe Christians!Appliedtomissiona ry concerts and addr esses,this sound advice would r ead

Keepthemissionarytemperature wa rmbytelling incidents of missionaryexperience ; keepthemissiona ry atmospher e clear by presentingthe gr andhopefulness ofthe glorious work, and don'tpommelthose who attendthesemeetings andgivetothese causes!

Q

Patriotismis allaglow amongthe boys and gir ls of NewEngland justnow!Mor ethantwelve hundred have enlisted recently inthe army oftheTrue Blues.

”Pastor s, Sunday - school superintendents andteacher s, cm

cer s of Y oungPeople’

s Societies of Ch ristianEndeavor , andothermissiona r ysocieties have beenthe enthusiastic recr uitingsergea nts, and stil lthere is demand for more r ecr uits . Who will enlistnext?

O O

Inthe lastNotes fromNewEngland, we r ecordedthe giftof anaged

fr iend. Nowcomesthistouching letterDear Sin—Please find enclosed forthe A .M. Association,the

Christmas pr esentof a sonto a father . The father is eighty - one year s oldto- day . He has beenwiththe A .M. A . fromits organization, andwishes itscontinuedprosperity until its gr eatwork is accomplished.

Y ourstr uly,AN OLD—TIME FR IEND .

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Isthere any work, North or South, athome or abroad,thatrequir esmore ver satile gifts or breadth oftr ainingthanthe work ofthis Association?Here ar e a few lines fromthe letter of a missionary inAlabama, whichillustratethemany -

sidedness ofthis workI have organized a Woman’sMissiona ry Society . I have anindustr ia l

class for gir ls, and givetheminstruction in sewing, inhousework ontheprinciple ofthe kitchen-garden system, withoutthe practice, as I have notthe articlesto use forthatpurpose. Thena lesson fromthe Bible, also,

An olymLesson—School E choes. 97

comes in, and some amusementinthe way of puzz les. Thegir ls are pleasedtobelongto a society of King'

s Daughter s. I have a class for instructingthe womenindarning, patching, button- holemakingand so on. We have a

Society ofthe Woman’s ChristianTemper ance U nioninwhich I havetheDepartmentof Socia l Purity.

“Y ou wil l be abletobelievethatmytime is pretty fully occupied. Ite

joicethatI amabletobe her e, for I amnever so happy as when I amen

gaged inthis belovedwork.

Is nother e a splendid field for missionary work forthe King’s Daughtersthroughoutthe land ? Why cannotthe loyal daughter s ofthe King. atthe North , supportsuchmissiona ries asthis intheir self- sacrificingwork forthe down-troddendaughter s ofthis same Divine Kinginthe South ?PR OTE STANT AND PAP IST: AN OBJE CT- LE SSON .

Inthe communicationbelow, anesteemed fr iend finds inour AnnualMeetingatProvidence anobject-lessoninthe Ch ristian r ecognitionofthe coloredman, which hevery properly sets over againsta like example inthe conventionof colored R omanCatholics recently held inWashington, D . 0. Our friend is right. The AmericanManny Associationstands square onthatsubject. We only wishthateverybodyelse, evenatthe North , stoodwith us onthatplank of our platform.

InTa r . AMER ICANMISSIONAR Y for February, 1 889, I r ead extracts andnotices fromCatholic sources with regardtothe univer sa lity ofthatchurchorganizationthatknows neither North, South , E astor West,thatknowsneither Jewnor Gentile, Greek, Ba rba riannor Scythian,’ and emphasizingthe factthata color edpriesthad celebratedmass incompany withtwo whiteclergymen.

I amthus remindedofthe Annua lMeetingof one ofthemostprominentnationa l organizations ofa r eligiousnature inour land. A fewmonths ago inthe city of Providence, inone ofthe finestchurches ofthator of any cityinour land, before as r efined and cultivated anaudience as could have beenconvened inour country, addresses weremade by coloredmenwho satinthepulpitwith some ofthe mostdistinguishedwhite clergymeninthe country.

If one is anobject- lesson, is notthe other quite asmuch so?”

SCHOOL B CHOBS .

I sha l l letthe students, sma l l and la rge, speak forthemselves a littlewhile,thatyoumay seethemas we do. And fir stQues.

“Whatar ethe divisions of North America?Ans. Maine, NewHampshire, I llinois, North Pole and South Pole

andAugusta .

”

Ques. Whatis a unit?Ans. A unitis a number used instead of a name.

Ques. Whatmakesthe water rise inanartesianwell?

98 ass/tool E choes.

Ans. The upwardpressure ofthe rocks underthe water .Ques. Where dothe col lar bones meet? ”Ans. R oundthe north partofthe body wherethe collar fastens.Ques.

—(Inwoodworkingclass. ) Whatisthe objectofthis exercise? ”(Anexercise in liningwood. )Ans—1 . This exercise strengthensmymine andmy character .

2 . The objectofthis exercise is wQues . Definethe kinds of sentences. ”Partof answer . A purgatorial sentence is onethatanswers a question.DEBa rm—R esolved,tlxatAr r'flxmotiois betterMass G r amma r .

Affi rmative: “Arithmetic is better , because withoutitwe couldnotbuy

or sel l anything, build houses, bridges or r ailroads,measur e lands or evencount. Canamanmakemoney by knowingthe grammar ? Ain’tno senseingrammar noway . It’s a lways beenmy experiencethat

‘Anaught’s anaught, and a figur e ’s a figure,

Allforthe whitemanandnone forthenigger .

Negative: Toprovethatgr ammar is better ,takethe Tower of Babble.They builtit. I suppose,many miles high, andthe Lord lookeddownand

mixed uptheir grammar . So if amanwas ontopofthetower he wouldcall down, John, bringupthe hammer ,’ and Johnwould come upwith a

saw. Thenhe would send himdownforthe hammer again. andJohnwouldbringupthe nails. Howmuch couldwe lea rnof religion, of history andthe wor ld around us, if itwere notfor gramma r ? Would 1—2—3tell us allthat?”

ButI have notleftmuch roomtotell aboutthe good side. Manyofthe papers, for neatness, accur acy and clear expression, would do

cr editto any childreninthe wor ld. E specially isthistrue ofthe youngerpupils, who have r eceivedthetrainingofthe lower grades ofthe school.One essay onSlavery, by amember ofthe Ninth Y ea r Class, writtenintwodays, containedtwenty pages, with scarcely anunnecessary word, and very

fewmistakes. I wish you could hear some ofthe sensibleta lks inprayermeetings, and ferventpr ayer s for classmates,teacher s, andthe kindpeopleatthe North who ar etryingto helpthem.

Ateacher fromNorth Carolina sendsthe followingThere is nota gir l inmy school who usestobacco, andthatis saying a

gooddeal . I cannotbe so sure aboutthe boys, butnone use itinschooloronthe playground.

One day our gramma r lessonwas changingpossessivemodifiersto equivalentphrases, andthe sentence Washington’s farewell address came up.

One boy wrote, Washington’s fa r ewel l address wasmade of broadcloth .

A coloredminister , after readinghistextonSunday, said, I sha llputthegr eatestdistress of my r emarks onthe latter clause ofthe verse.

”

A D octr inal Somme—Boolets'ces. 99

Another minister said, Atone of my stationsthere wer e menwhocalledthemselves conjurer s. One ofthese with his fol lower s wentto churchtochallengeme. He askedme if I could castoutdevils. Itold himI

could, andas be wasthe onlymaninthe house who had a devil, if he wouldcome uptothe stand, I would eastthe devil outof him. The conjurer

abusedmeter ribly, became so excited I sta rted downtowards him, anddared himtomeetme, and heturned fromme and r anoutofthe house, soyou see if I couldnoteastthe devil outof him, I eastboth himandthedevil outofthe house.

Atanother place, he said,the people became verymuch stir red up con

cerningthetemper ance eause, somuch sothatmany closedtheir ba r - roomsandtooktheir Jimmy Johns and pouredthe contents outonthe ground.

Saidhe, the liquor said good, good, good, as itranoutofthe Jimmy Johns,andthe people shouted for joy .

A DOCTR INAL SERMON .

Bythe kindness of a Baptistmissiona ry, we a r e furnished withthe followingdoctrinal sermon

Tozt—“ Y e arethe saltofthe earth .

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Scene ina Baptistchur ch . Nineteencandidates awaitingimmer sion.Mytextam, Y e are de saltof de yarth .

”

You allknows whatsaltamgood for—itis goodto sweetenthings—goodto seasonthings—goodto keepthings fromspilin’

. We all likes saltinourvictuals, some people likes lots Of saltand dey has ittoo; some likes jes alittle, and dey gets ittoo, butwhenyou eats a whole lotof sa lt, you gitsmightythir sty, andyou wants water ,tea nor cofiee won’tsatisfy youneither .

You cries water , and you criestill you gits plenty of it. Brcdr en—detextsays, Y e amde sa ltof de yarth . Whatdoes itmean? Ch ristians amlike salt—we’se puthereto keepthis old yarth fromspilin

’—to sweetenandto seasonit. Some Ch ristians have a heapmore sa ltabout’emthenother s,andwhendey is full of de sa ltof God’

s gr ace,their soul cries—waterwator—and a few drops onder headwon

’tsatisfy ’

emneither . Y oumusttake ’

emdownto de river and put’emin. Andthat’s whatwe'se goin’todo—come chil len.

BOOK NOTI CE S .

R eportoftire Centena ry Conf er ence of P r otestantMissions, London, 1 888. By

R ev . James JOHNSTON, R evel], Bible House, NewY ork.

Thesetwoneatand wel l -printed volumes give a full sketch ofthe proceedings of one ofthemostremarkableMissionary Conferences ever held inthe wor ld. The addr esses, paper s anddiscussions emanatednotfromtheo

100 Boole Notices .

rists, ,butfrommenactua l ly engaged inthe managementofthe gr eatmissionary organizations of Ch ristendom, or who wer e actively employed as

missionar ies in foreignfields. Inadditiontothese,there are paper s andaddresses by honoredpastor s onboth sides ofthe Atlantic, bytr aveler s, andby students ofthe progr ess ofthe church inmoderntimes . The possessor

ofthese volumes wil l have atreasury of missionary liter atur e of inestimablevalue.

1 h F at]:to Wealth. By A BLACKSMITH . B. F . Johnson8: Co. ,R ichmond.

Va.

This is a unique book. Itpurportstogivethe addr esses of a pr actiealblacksmith , some ofthemdeliver ed inhis shopto a fewneighbor s, buttheaudience becoming la rger ,the restwere giveninanadjacentchurch building. Tomostper sons,thetitle afiords a slightcluetothe driftofthe book,which isto showthe duty andthe benefits of givingthetithe Of aman’

s in

cometothe Lord. The author ’s bottomthoughtis based onthis statemmtinthe preface: G od pledges himself forthe success ofthatindividualwho renders obediencetothe divine money - claim.

”In other words,the pathtowea lth isthe path of benevolence . The obligationto givethetithe is earnestly enforcedbythe ordinary Scripture quotations, and by a r

guments dr awnfromother sources. Whateverthe r eader maythink ofth etheory ofthe book, he will find inita good dea l of va luable and pr acticaltruth .

Yale Lectur es ontire Sunday - school. By H . CLAY TR UMBU LL. Philade lph iaJohnD . Wattles.

This book contains D r . T rumbull ’s addresses befor ethe Y a le D ivinitySchool inthe cour se ofthe LymanBeecher Lectur es for 1 888. They we r e

notonly heard with interest, butthe Faculty Of Y ale College expr es sedtheirthankstothe author , andtheir wishesthatthe discour sesmightsoonbe giventothe public. Such anauthor insuch a presence and with such atheme,may well be supposedto have pr esented whatever is inter esting andva luable ona subjectOf such vastimportanceto Ch ristian families andth eChristianchurch . We commendthe bookmostcordially .

Cooking and Sowing Songs andR ecitatioasf or Imiwtr ialandAlissiors Sclwols .

EditedbyMR S. J . R . R OMER . J . W. Schermerhorn Cc. , New Y or k .

Of a very differ entsty le and size fromthe book above noticed isthis little neatly -printed pamph letwith flexible covers, occupyingsixty - six pages,Of songs,to be used by pupils in connectionwiththeir industria l labor s .

They a re vivacious, pithy, adaptedtothe purpose inhand, and doubtlesswould cheer and brightenmany an hourthatmightotherwise pass inthehumdrumof anunr elievedtoil, and atthe sametime impress uponth ememory and hearta gooddeal of sa luta rytruth .

D edication of B alla r d B uilding. 101

Ill: Songs of Pr aise withtunes. Published by A. S. Ba rnes Co. , NewYork andChicago.

Contains soc choice Hymnswithmusic wel l adaptedtomeetthe r equirements of socia l worship. Such churches as donotdesire a larger collectionwill findthis anexcellentbook of socia l song.

TH E S O U T H .

DE D I CATION OP BALLAR D BU I LDING ,MACON G A .

The dedicationof Ba l la rd Buildingtook place Thur sday, February 1 4th.

The ser vices were attendedby a la rge number ofthe patrons and friends ofthe school, amongthe latter some ofthe leadingwhite citizens ofMacon.

Afterthe Openingexercises, shortaddresses weremade by Prof. Zettler , Superintendentof Bibb Co. schools, D r . Greene, a leading coloredphysician,andthe following city pastor s: D r . Wa r r en, Fir stBaptist; D r . Jennings,FirstPr esbyterian, andMr .Mil ler , Washington Avenue Pr esbyterian,(Colored) . These wer e followedby Cor respondingSecr eta ry D r . Beard, of

NewY ork.

The musicwas appropriate andbeautiful, andmade a deep impressionuponsome Of our white fr iends, who wer e both pleased and surprised. Prof.

Zettler gave expressionto his interestinall educationa l matter s inthiscounty, and r enewed his assurances of goodwill andgr atitude if he candoevena littleto helpona good cause.

Dr . War r ensaidthathe had knownthis school and church,through all

its pasthistory, having beenpresentatthe dedicationofthe old churchtwenty year s ago. He has watchedthegrowth , andconsideredthe characterofthe influence here exerted, and so far as he canjudge, ithas been, and is,elevating. He spoke ofthe value of a practica l education, and he said he

couldtrustthese Y ankees withtheir skilland energytomakethetrainingthey ar e givinginthis school eminently practica l . He expr essed gratitudeforthe privilege he has had of knowingand lovinga number Ofteacher s andpastor s engaged inlabor here, and he invokedthe divine blessing uponallthese consecr atedwomenwho have lefttheir homes and friendsto dothiswork amongthe poor andneedy .

D r . Jennings spoketothe youngpeople ofthe need of a high aimandfirmpurpose inaccomplishingany importantwor k inlife. His words werefull of inspir ationtothe young menandwomenwho hea rd him. He

stood uponthe broad platformof Chr istianbrother hood, and while he

congratulatedthe AmericanMissiona ry Associationuponthe grand workbeing done, be especially congr atulatedthe citizens ofMacon, allof whomare reapingthe benefits ofthis work.

102 D edication of B alla r d B uilding.

D r . Greene’

s message was one of counsel and instr uctionfor his ownpeople. He dweltuponthe generosity ofthe donor ofthis beautiful buildingwith its furnishings,the improved facilities afiorded forteaching, andthegr eatneed of ‘ a higher appreciationofthe benefitsthus broughtwithinthereach of a larger numberthanever before. He depr ecatedthe commonattemptto solvethe Negro problemby stir ringupdiscontentamongthe people. andmakingthemdissatisfied with presentconditions, unless a remedy isr ecommended andplacedwithintheir reach. He looked uponevery Ch r istianschool1nthe South , everymanor womanwhowalks uprightly anddealshonestly, as helpingtothe onlytr ue solutionofthe Negro problem. He

rejoiced inthe raisingofthe standa rd Of fitnesstoteach, onthepartoftheCounty Superintendent. His words hadthe ringOf successful,manly efi ortinthem, and commandedthe r espectful attentionof allhis hear er s.

After returningthankstoMr . Ballard for his noble gift, which broughtthe assemblytogether ,toMessr s. Pettitand DeHavenforthe fidelity withwhichthey have wrought,to Prof. Zettler for his counsel, andtothe Ch ristianfriends who have helped and encour agedthe work bytheir sympathy,D r . Bear dgave anaddr ess full of information, concerningthe work oftheAmericanMissiona ry Association, its aims, encour agements, and r esults.He emphasizedthe importance of making a rightuse of blessings, andspoke Ofthe dangerthatattends all efiortto helpother s,thatitmaybecome a hindrance instead of a help, accordingtothe way inwhich itisreceived. He lefta well - defined impressionthatitisthe aimOfthe organisationwhich he r epresents soto supplementthe efforts ofthosewhoar etr yingto helpthemselves,thattr ue independentmanhood andwomanhood sha llbedeveloped. Hethenintroducedthe subjectof a change of name for LewisNorma l Institute. He statedthatitwaswiththe hea rty concur rence of G en.

Lewisthathe nowannouncedthatthis school shouldbe henceforth knownasBALLARD NORMAL SCHOOL.

WhenD r . Bea rd closed,Mr . Furcron, Pr esidentoftheMaconSundaySchool Union, (Colored,) rose andmade {amotioninbeha lf Ofthe coloredpeople ofMacon,thata risingvote ofthanks betenderedtoMr . Ba llard forthis beautiful building and its convenientandtasteful fur nishings. D r .

War renmade a specia l requestthatthe fr anchisebe extended so asto includethe white friends present,thatallmightvote. Itwas respondedto bythewhole assembly’

s rising. Afterthe benediction,the various rooms wer e visited and admir ed. The beauty and convenience ofthe rooms,the fine pictur es onthe wa lls,the beautiful desks and chair s fortheteacher s,the elegantSteinway piano,th e bell. andthe handsome stoves, wer e allnotedand heartily commended.

The day passed ofi pleasantly with butone regr et, viz :thatMr . Ballardwas notwith usto share inour joy andto letus allsee his happiness indoinggoodto others.

104 Ten Y ea r s atthe F r ont.growth of Congr egationa lismas well. R ev. Dr . Cur ry, one ofthe leader sof Southernthought, "

said ina recentaddr ess beforethe Georgia Legislature, The Congr egationa lists have donemorethanallother denominationsforthe educationOfthe Negro—they have done gr andly, patriotically .

”To

my eyes, which have beenwide openduringthesetenyea r s,there ar emostmarked andgratifyingsigns of progress apparentinevery way. Fa r andnearthe leavenhas spr ead,the Older denominations ar e improving,the principles of industria l and Ch ristianeducationar e accomplishinguntoldgood.

s .—Ther e is also manifestintheseten years a mar ked impr ove

mentinth e feelingbetweenthe r aces. Whenamanhas lived fortenyear sinthe South, he will beginto see howdeeply rooted and immovably imbedded inthe Southernmind isthe sentimentof inborncontemptfortheNegro. This was greatly intensified andbroughttothe sur face bythe passions and prejudices ofthe war , withthe volcanic upheava ls and chaoticevents ofthe “

carpet-bag pe riod which followed. Considering allthesethings,there has beeninmy opiniona r ema rkable looseningofthe gr aspofprejudice, a gr adualmeltingofthe ca ste principle, especia lly inthemindsofthe better class amongthe whites. I saythis delibe rately, with per sonalknowledge ofthe agitationofthe infamous “ GlennBill ” inGeorgia, andnotwithstandingthe pr ejudice inAlabama which broke upthe colorednormalschool former ly existinginMar ion, and afterwa rd successful ly opposedits re- establishmentinMontgomery , or r ather refusedthe previous State aid.

Havingbeenfor many year s onthe Board of Trustees of Atlanta U niversity, and being personally acquaintedwith a number ofthe member s ofthe Georgia Legislature, yetI ampr epa r edto statethis astonishingpa radox—thateventhe legislator s who voted forthe GlennBill have a muchhigher regard forthe color ed race and forthe A .M. A. schoolsthantheyformer ly had. I cannottaketimeto explainthis singular phenomenon, butitistrue. One ofthe prominentmember s ofthe Georgia Legislature saidtome onthe str eets ofMacon, whenhe heardthe news of PresidentWare

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suddendeath atAtlanta Univer sity : Mr . War e was a her o ofthe nineteenth century, and dese r ves amonumentto hismemory fromthe State of

G eorgia .

”So, notwithstandingCol. Glennandhis fol lower s,the same Legis

latur e of Georgia has r ecently addedtwo milliondol la r stothe school fundOfthe State . The efforts of such brave and fea r less leader s as R ev. D r .

Haygood, R ev . D r . Cur ry, Hon. Walter B . Hill and other s have notbeeninvain, andthe good results ofthe A .M. A. work have commanded respectand evenwonder fromits bitterestopponents, whose number and zea l decreases. Wisdomanddiscr etioninfuture will r apidly increase its friends.

3 .- I could say much mor e concerningthe coloredwork, inwhich

(atMacon, Georgia ) I spenteightand a ha lf ofthe happiestyear s of mylife. Thatbr anch of work needsto be sustained and extended for yea r stocome. Havingnow been for eighteenmonths inthe mountain whitedepartmentof work, and having visited near ly all itsmostimportantposts,

P r ogr ess of E ducationinthe South . 1 05

I ampr eparedto saythatthis, a lso,is amostneedy pa rtofthe

greatmissionary work whichthis Society has undertaken. Here are

near lytwomillions of people, scattered her e andthere overthis gr eatCumber land Plateau, who because oftheir inaccessibility,their poverty and iadiffer ence, have beenlargely passedby until recently . The gr eattides ofmissiona ry efiorthave swir led and risentothe east,the south andthe west,buthave r eached only a little way upintothe caves and valleys ofthis gr eatisland plateau, whichtowers athousand feetabovethe sur roundingcountry.

The inevitable efiects of isolation, of intermar riage, of stagnationandneglectinmenta l and spiritua l matter s, has broughtabouta conditionofthings which ca l ls forthe aid and sympathy of allgood Samaritans. They

have notsufiered inthe same way asthe color ed r ace, fromthe former oppressionand contagious vices of a superior race ; butlefta lone intheirmountainfastnesses, leftbehind inthema rch of humanprogr ess,they havebeena nationof R obinsonCrusoes, deter ior atingand retrogr ading fromtheinevitable natur e ofmankind when leftto itself. Havingno momentumfromoutside, feelingnothingofthe swingand swell ofprogr ess, hearing littleand knowing little ofthe outer wor ld,they neednowour helpto upliftandenthuse and savethem. Schools, Churches, industria l instruction, mentaland spiritua ltraining, helpforthe poor andthe ignor antandthe degr adedissor ely needed. This is compar atively a newfield of work, andis still largelyunexplored and obscur e . Ther e ismuchto be done, and itshouldbe donenow. The r esults of a very few yea r s Of work a r e encouraging. Pray,

fr iends, pray! Give, friends. give! Help, friends, help!

PR OG R E SS OF ED U CATION IN THE SOU TH .

nor . n. n. warnnr .

I ca l l your attentiontothe factthatthe Boa rd of Educationofthe cityof Nashville have extendedthe cour se of study inthe public schools forthecolor ed population, sothatthere is inexistence now a fully - fledged High

School forthe color ed youth , having preciselythe same cour se of study asthatofthe white youth ; andthe member s ofthe school ar e subjectedtothesame writtenand or a ltests asthose ofthe white school. So far as I know,this isthe fir stinstance ofthe kind inthe South . Mostboardsgmahatothecolored Childrenfromthe eighth, or atmost,the ninth year Of school.

The coloredHigh School of Nashvil le hadpublic exercises inthe Gr andOpera House inJune, whena class of sevengraduated. The Superintendentof Public Schools,the Board of Education, and prominentcitizens,white and colored, occupiedthe platformandgavetheir approva l ofthe innovationbytheir presence.

The fir stclass ofthe white High Schoolwas gr aduatedtwenty - eightyea r sago andnumber ed seven. This Class of colored graduates alsonumber edseven.

106 W e, G a .—The Indians .

Amember ofthatfirstwhite class is nowthe Presidentofthe Board ofEducation, andpresentedthe diplomatothemember s ofthis color ed Clam.

A ltogether ,the occasionwas auspicious for betterthings inthe public schoolsysteminTennessee.

THOMASVILLE , G A .

One incidentthathas br ightened our yea r isthe a r rival of a prettyschool organ,the generous giftofMr . S. D . Smith, Presidentofthe SmithOrganand Piano Company , Boston,Mass . Itchancedthatatthe sametime,Mr . Ha l l, our Superintendent, cameto visitus, and onemorningear lywe found himatwork with his ownhands removingitfromits box. Onitsbeingtakenintothe school - roomwhere allthe pupils were assembled forthemorningexercises,Mr . Hall ina felicitousmanner presented ittothe schoolinMr . Smith’

s name,taking fromthe children inreturna hearty Thank

you forthe donor , and a promisetomake use ofthe organ inthe causeoftemper ance and forthe Lord Jesus Christ. ” Thenthe fir stnotes peeledforth fromthe sweet-toned organ, notes of praise, accompanyingthe childr en’s voices inthe Gloria Patri. Thenholy hymns andtemper ance songsfilledthe air withmelody .

The jubilee ended with grand old America, and as we cametotheClosing lines, howtruly our hearts echoedthe pr ayer

“Longmay our landbe brightWith freedom’s holy light,Protectus bythymight,G reatGod, our King.

T H E IN D IAN S .

V I S IT TO PAR K STR E E T CHU R CH STATION .

s r u s.'I'. 1 . mesa

For a longtime I have wishedto see somethingOfthe people and ofthework atWhite R iver . The stationthere, Pa rk StreetChurch Station, soca lledbecausethe Church ofthatname inBostoncontributedthemoney forits establishment, was almostthe only one underMr . R iggs

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s car ethatI hadnotvisited. A lthoughthe super visionOf it, and ofthe whole R osebud

Agency field, has r ecently beenassumed byMr . Cross,Mr . R iggs continuesto confer with himinregardtothe managementof it. and forthis purposemade a journeythither a fewweeks ago. A happy combinationof circumstances athomemade itpossible for meto accompany him.

Afterth r ee days oftr avel inpony - ca rt, we came insightofthe WhiteR iver , andbefore descendingintothe va lley and crossingthe r iver caughtaglimpse ofthe stationbuildingandthe villages onthe hil ls near it. Climbingthe hill atthe rear Ofthe station, we drove intothe yard, completelysurprisingMr . Cross, who, nevertheless gave us amosthearty welcome.

Visitto P a r k Str eetChur ch Station. 107

As soonasthe news of our ar riva l had spr ead,we beganto have visitor s,but, knowingthatI shouldnotseemany ofthe people, especia llythe Olderwomen, unless I wenttotheir homes, I ar r angedwithMr . Crosstotakemetothe difierentvillages. We spenttwo days ingoingabout.I shouldthinkthere a re betweenforty and fifty houses inthethree vil

lages nearthere. Ineach oftwo houses, we foundthr ee wives andtenchildren. andthe other s wer e wel l populated. Allwer e inignorance, and filth,anddegradation, pitiableto see. Some babies near ly a year old hadneverbeenthoroughly washed sincetheir birth . Some ofthe older people hadnever beentothe school - house. A few rather pridethemselves uponkeepingaloof fromthe nativeteacher andthe various exercises he conducts.

Wewere pleasantly r eceived atallthe places. Some ofthe people hadheardof The Sacr ed Hera ld’

s wife,thoughthey hadnever seenme.

Wishingto have allthe womencometothe school - house,thatI mightseemore Ofthemand havethemmeetVirginia De Coteau,theteacher ’swife, we invitedthemto a feast. This is somethingthe Dakotas ar e very

fond of,though usual ly itis connected with some oftheir dances or

other heathencustoms. Some ofthe old womenwishedto knowif I wasgoingtopr eachtothem, evidently wantingto fightshy of anything ofthissort, butItoldthemno, itwasto be a r ea l feast. nota pr ayermeeting.Mr . C ross entered hea rtily intothe preparat1ons forthe festivity. We

made aboutfive gallons of cofiee andthe same quantity of stew,consisting

ofmeat, onions,turnips, beans, rice and cr acker s, withthe gr avy wellthickened—a very savory mess itwas,too. We had cracker sto pass around.

Nota very elabor atemoms, butone which appea led stronglytothe DakotatasteBy noonthe womenbeganto gather , and soonthe school - roomwas well

filled, a goodmany sittingonthe floor . There wer e aboutfifty present,notcounting little babies . Ther e were onlytwo painted faces ,though inour

visitingther e was scar cely a house inwhichther e were nottwo or more ofthe womenpainted ;themostofthemhad washedtheir faces and putoncleandresses.

I hadtoldthemallto bringtheir owndishes, andthe var iety was amusing. Ther e was everythinginsize fromanordina ry cupto amilk-panandonemuch battered long- handleddipper . Coffee andcr acker s werepassedfir st,thenthe stew. Oh, itsmel ls of onions! wasthe exclamationas I disheditout. Allseemed very happy, and laughed and joked asthey ate. ItoldthemI hadbeentenyear s amongthe Dakotas and had never beforemade afeast;thatI hadplanned for a longtimeto visitthemand had notbeenable, andperhaps itwouldbe a longtime before I should seethemagain, soIthoughtI wouldmakethemhappy inthis way. The oldwomen r eplied,We have oftenheard of you, andnowwe see you ; we will always remember you and speak of you asthe womanwhomadethe feast. Aftertheyhad finished, Italkedtothema little ofthe meatwhich perisheth not,” and

108 Visitto P a r k Str eetChur ch Station.

ofthe Brea d andthe Water of Life, closing with pr ayer . Itwas a very

enjoyable experience. I a lsometthewomenone afternoonata specialpr ayermeeting. Itwas notvery well attended onaccountofthe storm, which wasalmosta blizzard onthatday . There are onlytwo Christianwomeninthatcommunity besides Louis’ wife. We spenttwo Sundays withthe intervening days atthis station, gaining a newinsightintothe needs ofthe outstationwork, andnewinspirationfor car ryingiton.

Onethingthatinterestedme verymuch was seeinga little gir l whowasamember of our Oahe Schooltwo yea r s ago. She isthe daughter of a

prominentmaninthe vil lage near Park StreetChurch Station. She was in

native dress whenshe cameto us ; whenI sawher overthere, a lthough hermother was away atthe Agency and she was stayingwith relatives, shelooked very neatand clean. She wore a pretty dr essmade afterthe styleworninour school and inevery r espectlooked as wel l asthough she had

justcome outof school . Ithink she would have returned with us had her

parents beenathome .

There wer etwo young womena lso, whomI should be gladto have inthe school her e. They have justunitedwiththe church and beenbaptized.

They seemquite superior inmany waystotheir sur roundings. They canboth rea d inDakota and so havethe Bibleto learn from. Of cour setheyhave ina manner isolatedthemselves fromtheir youthful companions inhavinggivenuptheir heathencustoms ; itseems asthough '

souls so youngand untried inthe Christian life mustmeetwith manytemptations and

manytryingexperiences. I shouldbe gladtohavethemher e ina Ch ristiancommunity, wherethey could learnmor e of our Christianwork. I amsur ethey wouldgainhelpandstrength fromthe prayer meetings andmissionarywork, as wel l as fromthe sympathy of allwho engage insuch work. Then,doubtless,they would be benefitedbythe industrialtraining andthe aca

demic wor k,though I doubtifthey would domuch withthe English lan

guage, asthey are both overtwenty yea rs old andwouldprobably notremaininschoolmorethana year .

My journey has beena helpto me. Living away fromthe people andlosingsightofthe ignorance and filth and heathenism, we forgetwhatourchief aimshouldbe, notsimply school -wor k forthe children, butChristianizationand civilizationforthemasses . This, inits greatestefiectiveness, canbe done atthe out- stations and inthe vernacular only . Itis necessar ytohavethe gospel preached constantly inorderto have itpenetr atethese darkened hearts, pr eached inatongue which canbe under stood, andnecessaryto have a Christianlife lived inits simplicity intheir verymidst. The nativemissionary'

s family is anobject- lessonof value notha lf appreciated by

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our Easternconstituency. I f, inadditiontothis,there is a whiteteachertouphold, supportandpush with Anglo- Saxonenergythe efforts ofthe native,the value ofthe outstationwork is gr eatly incr eased. Wouldthatallcouldunderstandthis ful ly!Itis helpful,too,to come home and see our Indianneighbor s, who lessthanfifteenyear s agowere inthe same ignorantconditionasthose we havejustseen, nowlivingas white people, earnestCh ristians, doingmuchto helpus inour work fortheir heathen re latives .

While you work forthe schools, pray . a lso, forthe work ofthe out- stations; praythatthe lightmay shine intothe darkened hearts sonea r us, praythatthose who are livingamongthemtoteachthemofthe Saviour ofmenmay be gr antedwisdomand strengthtoteach and live aright,thatmanysoulsmay be wonfor Himwhose servants we allare.

T H E CH IN E S E .

BAN D. G O om enmBBION .

The anniver sa ry ofthe Congr egational Chinese School atSanDiego, organized aboutsix year s ago, was held inthe Congr egationa l Church onSunday evening, Februa ry r oth . The church , capable of seatingaboutfivehundr ed and fifty, was filledto its utmostcapacity . The rewer e aboutthirtyChinese scholar s present. The services were conducted by R ev . D r .

Pond, who had come down fromSan F rancisco forthe purpose of visitingthemissions inSouthernCalifornia. The pastor ofthe church , R ev. J . B.

Silcox, assisted inthe opening services. The Chinese boys wer e eatechizedby D r . Pond, and showed bytheir answer sthatthey were being groundedinthe fundamenta ltruths ofthe Bible. LumGoonKee r ecitedtheTwentythird Psa lm, and ChungChongthe TenCommandments, and another The

Apostles ’ C reed.

”The fir stand second commandments received a new

meaningto us as we hea rdthemrecited by one who until recently bowedhimself downto gr avenimages of G od andthe devil inthe Joss houseThey sangChristianhymns inChinese and English . Char ley Nungave anaddr ess inwhich hetestifiedtothe benefits inbeing “

a Jesus boy . HomG ee had wr ittenand readthe story of his conver sionto Jesus . Itwas interestingto listenastheytold howthey were led outof darkness into light,and asked forthe pr ayer s of all good Ch ristians. The audience feltthathumanhearts ar ethe samethe wor ld over , andthatthe Holy Ghosthadbeengivenuntothem, even as unto us .

”The addr ess of LowQuong

would convincethemostskeptica l ofthe power ofthe gospeltopurifytheheart, illuminethemind and e levatethe life and character ofthe Chinamen

1 10 Bur eau of Woman’s Wor k.

as well as other s. He spoke ingood English, and by his clear puttingofthe gospeltruth ,touchedthe hearts of all. The ser vice mademany con

verts. Itconvincedthe hearer sthatthe Chinamanwasmade inthe imageof G od and is included inthe every cr eature.”to whomthe gospel isto bepr eached.

There are aboutonethousand ChristianChinamenconnected withtheCongregationa l Churches of California and Oregon. They contribute about

for home missionwork and have organized a for eignmissiona rysociety, andwith $ r ,4oo as a starter , have senttwomissiona ries, one a Chinaman, backto Chinato doworkthere.

There is considerable oppositionto Chinameninthis State. Itdoes notwholly ar ise from“

sand lotorator s either . These“ little brownmen

are industrious, patient, cheer ful, obliging. Theymakethe bestof ser vants .

Butthe aver age workingmanof America cannotcompete with himinthelabor market, and I would be sor ry if he could. I hopethe day will nevercome whenthe workingmanof America will be reduea dto such cr ampedconditions of home life as The heathenChinee luxuriates in. Paganismcanlive where Ch ristianity cannot. A hutwil l do for a paganZulu. Whenhe

becomes a Ch ristian, he wants a shirtand a house. Chinatown inanyCa lifornia city , and especia lly inSan F rancisco, wher e sixty or seventythousand a re housed andherdedina fewblocks,will openthe eyes of Easternmenastothe wisdomof r estr icting Chinese immigr ation. Butther e is noquestionasto our dutytothosethatare here. We cannotaffordto letthemlive anddie intheir heathenvices. The bestsolutionofthe Chineseproblemisto Christianizethosethata re here. The bestwayto r each

China withthe gospel is via Califlm’

a . Make Christians ofthese andtheywill becomemissiona riestotheir brethrenacrossthe Pacific

B U R EAU O F WOMAN ’

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Cc- oms rms mmm AmmanMrssrommv Assoou r ron.

lit—Woman’s AidtoA.M. A. , Chairmanof OomMr s. Flor a K. R egal, Ober lin, Ohio.mistos ,Mr s. C. A. Woodbur y , Woodiords ,Me. [ rm—Woman’s HomeMiss. Union, Secr etar y ,

V's—Woman’s AidtoA.M. A. , Chairmanof ComMr s. W. B.Mossman, FortWayne, 1nd.

mittee,Mr a Henr y Fairbanks, St. Johnsbnr y,Vt. [LL—Woman'sHomeMiss. Union, Secr etar y ,Mr s .

V's.—Woman's HomeMiss Union, Secr etar y, 0. H.mm, 151 WashingtonSt, Chicago,m.Mr s. EllenOsgood,Montpelier , Vt. Mm.—Woman’s HomeMiss. Society , Smut-y ,

00m.—Woman’s HomeMin. Union, Secr etar y , Miss Katha r ine Plant, 2651 Portland Avenue,Mr s. B.M. Hotchkiss, 171 CapitolAva , Hartfor d, Minneapolis,Minn.

Iowa—Woman's HomeMiss. Union, Secr etary ,

N. Y .—Woman's HomeMiss Union, Secr etar y, Miss Ella E .Ma r sh , G r innell, Iowa .Mrs. WilliamSpalding, SalmonBlock , Syr a Kansas—Woman’s HomeMiss. Society. Sewetar-y ,Mr s. G . L. Erma. Tor ch . Km.

ALL—Woman’sMissionar y Association, Secr eMxon—Woman's HomeMiss. Union, Secr eta r y ,One - Woman’s HomeMiss Union, Secretar y, Wis—Woman’s HomeMiss. Union,m ,

1 1 2 Temper ance Wor k in Tennessee.

thatis whatthey need! anddesignatedthatvery eveningformeto presentthesubject.Atthis I confess I was nota little embar r assed, for although accustomedto short, informa ltemperancetalks inpublic, I hadno idea, womanthatI

was, oftakinghis place atsuch a critica lmoment. Whataddedtomy embar rassmentwasthe disheartening factto allof usthatMr . Pope was justthenunexpectedly ealled awayto another partof his extensive field andwas

gonetwo days. Sothere was no helpfor it. I looked overmy oldnotesnothingwoulddo. ThenI inquir ed ofthe Lord, and He said Fear not.”Here letme remark,thatI have hitherto encounter ed inthis needy partof 'the country anobstinateprejudice againstthis Woman's Temper ance Work”bythe womenthemselves,themostinterestedpa rty init. Buther e,thanksbeto G od, Imetamostfavorable r eception. Howthe people looked, howearnestlythey listened also, yes, andwept, as Itoldthemofthewor ld-wide

Woman’sChristianTemperanceUnion, andwarnedthemofthatfatal sinwhichwas keepingmanywomenoutofthe KingdomofHeaven,andthey knewit. Ita lkedinmy simplewayof humanlove inits variousphases, andthenturnedtothe incompar able love of Christ, who would savethemifthey wouldonly lethim. InconclusionI asked Isthere any one her e,man,womanor child, inthis congr egation, who is willingto for swea rthe intoxieatingcuphenceforthand forever ? Ifthere is, lethimcome forward andtake me bythe hand.

”

With searcely a pause,themainbody ofthe audience intile r ear (you knowwhatthatmeans) rose fromtheir seats and litera l ly precipitatedthemselvesuponthe speaker ’s stand. Forthe nextha lf hour I hadnothingtodobuttoshake hands andpinthe white ribbon. I never witnessed a more excitingscene. Thetea r ful joy of sufieringwives overtheir sober ed husbands, andanxious par ents overtheir wanderingboys will notbe forgotten.

The happy r esultof-this fir stmeetingofthe kindcreateda demand for itsrepetitionontwoother occasions, asthe r eviva lwentonwith equa l enthusiasmand success. Inthe cour seofour visitationfromhouseto house, a Northernlady who had come downher eto winter with her brother onaccountof herhea lth , informedme ofthedisgustingr evels of a certainmanandhiswife withtheir half- dozendrunkenboarder s, which she was compelledtowitness inthe other end ofthe house weekly, or as oftenas pay -day came a round.

I can’tbear it,” said she.

“Are youthenpr aying,” said I ;

“Wher e is

your faith? A fewday’

s later , atthemother 'smeeting, another womansaid, withmuch feeling, Won’tyou presentthetemperance eause againtonight?My husband and sever al others wishto joinyour organization.” I

did. Andwho werethe fir stto presentthemselves as eandidates forthewhite ribbonbutthatsame womanand her husband? Twenty ~thr ee other sinthe congr egationfollowed suit, and allagainstood forth hand inhandtokenof unbrokenfriendship—a spectacleto angels andmortalman. Bythistime,to our gr eatjoy, Brother Pope had returned, andbe assignedmetomy proper place a fter one of his ownrousingappeals.

Chr istmas atS ’kokomish . 1 1 8

To give you a genera l idea ofthe power ofthis work, which continuedwith unflagginginter esttothe last, a llowmeto citetwo orthree instances ofconver sion. One, amanwho had shotand kil ledthree notorious burglar s,wastried for legal informa lity and acquitted onthe gr ound ofthe publicwea l. This wastwo yea r s ago, andthe people who knewand under stoodhimwell, saidthathe had enjoyednopeace ofmind since. Notwithstandingall, he was, and is, a manof power and commanding influence, and has euter ed heartily intothe work and inter ests ofthe A .M. A as Brother Popecanassur e you. Another, a younger man, likewise implicated inamurderlastFourth of July, and committedto jail for atime,the particulars of whosecase I amunacquaintedwith, cr ied outinopencongr egation, Pr ay forme,I amthe vilestsinnerthatever liv and dropped uponhis knees insore

agony ofbody and soulto joininprayer withthe Christians pr esent. Asthe latter ar ose andbegansinging, Come, humble sinner ,”he stepped right

forward exclaiming, Bythe grace of G od I wil l, I will,” and atthatmomentthe greatchangemightbe read inthe heavenly expr essionof his

changed countenance. Y etanother youngman, a booncompanionin sin,cried outinthe same way and esme forward kneeling for sometime, andthenrisingsaid, I have found G od; he is good; come,my friends, andfindhim, 0 come, r epeatingthese words as he passedthroughthe wonder ingcongr egationtill he cameto me, whengr aspingmy hand, he exclaimed,Pra isethe Lordthatever he sentyoutothis place. He was

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askedtopr ay .

.

“Y es, yes,

”was his instantr eply, thatis justwhatI wantto do

and such a prayer as he ofiered upis seldomhea rd. A well - known skepticarose and openly r enounced his infidelity .

Asmy husband and Brother Pope had boththeir specia l appointmentselsewher eto fill, itfelltomy lot,much againstmy predilections,to closethewhole series ofmeetings bymythird and lasttemper ance lectur e. This ap

pea l onthetemperance questionwas a lso respondedto, atfir stmostly byyoungboys andgir ls, followedby a venerable gentlemanand histwo sons,andthenthe full complementof menand women. 80 all discouragementsofthe pastare forgotteninthese glorious r esults . C.

F O R T H E CH ILDR E N .

CHR I STMA S AT THE S'KOKOMI SH R E SE R VATION .

BY m.MY EOI‘ nus .

Our Christmas passed r 'fi very pleasantly, with atree and appropr iateexer cises inthe evening. The church was full, withthe school childr en,aboutforty - five innumber ,the older Indians, governmentemployees, anda number of sur roundingwhites. Two songs wer e sungbythe whole school,one beinganoriginal piece beginningwiththe words, We

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r e fromSquaksonand S’kokomish, (thetwo r eservations fromwhichthe children have

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come,) and containingthe names of allthe childrenin school . The other ,Hur r ah forthe Christmas Tr ee was sungjustbefor ethe gifts wer e distri

buted. Ther e wer e other songs bythe older pupils,the youngestchildrenclosingwiththe clappingoftheir hands. oTwo Indiangir lsplayedthe organ.Nine littlegir ls r ecited a hymn, ea ch one beginningwiththe successive letter softhe word Ch ristmas, and asthey did so,those letters wer e hungupbetweenthemandthe audience. Ten little boys recited a poemontemperance, inconnectionwith whichthe Indianpoliceman, r ecently appointed,made some earnestr emarks onthe same subject. Itwas his fir stefiortinchurch, andbe surprised his friends by his success . AnIndianchief spokeaboutChristmas, and your missionary added remarks onthemea ningoftheword Christmas—the feastof Christ.

A reportofthe Sabbath - school showedthatthere had beenan average

attendance of forty - five . Pr izes havingbeenofieredto allthose who shouldbe onthe rol l of honor four - fifths ofthetime, by learningthe SabbathSchool lesson—three ver ses inadvance andthr ee inreview—per fectly, itwasfoundthatfive hadgained a prize, a good book each ,two ofthembeingIndianchildren, andthe other s white childr en.

The gifts fromthetree wer ethendistributed. None ofthe childr enwere omitted; some wenthome so loadedthatthey could hardly ear ry all,

and evenmany ofthe oldest, decrepitIndians who could notbe pr esent,were notforgotten.

A violinand organsolo bythe schoolteacher and his wife ca l ledtheaudience againto order , andan exhibitionfollowed with a smallmagic lanternand abouteighty pictures, Bible,temperance and comic. This I have

used inmytour s withthe Indians, and itis a lways acceptable. The r emarkwasmademor ethanonce, Howwellthe childr enper formedtheir parts .

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Wethank G od for SPECIAL G IFTS. Wethank G od for LECACIEs. Wealsothank G od forthe ability and faith and sacr ifices Ofthose who eannotplantinstitutions or build or endow schools, butwho live andgivethatwhichprovides forthe unceasingCU R R ENT ExpENSEs. Almostevery one cando a

littlemor e, and itisthemany littlesthatmakethe difier ence betweena debtwith a crippledwork, and freedomfromdebtwith hea lth ful growth . All

alongthe lines,the ee lls for helpa re so urgent,thatitispainful for us, inthename ofthe church,tobe constantly saying No!

OU R R ECE IPTS forthe pastsixmonths (endingMarch 3 1 ) a r e as followsChurch contributions 37

E states and legaciesTuition fromschoolsIncome frominvested fundsIncome fromthe United States Government 9,

Tota l . 1 3

OU R PAYMENTS forthe pastsixmonths ar e $ 1 71 ,z

OU R D EF ICIT is 5 1

The Churches caneasilytakethis outOfthe way ifthey will. We be

lievethatthey will.CENTENN IAL .

Thesepages wil l come befor e our readers amidthe enthusiastic r ejoicingsof a greatnationcelebratingthe one hundredth anniver sary Of its Constitution—a Constitutionthathas beentried and foundworthy.

The gr eateststr aintowhichthis gr eatcharter has beensubjected inthepasthundred yea r s has beenoccasionedby slavery . The crisis costuntoldblood andtr easure. The greatstr ainOfthe nexthundred year s wil l bewhatslavery has leftbehind it—a vastandgrowingblack population, and animbittered r ace prejudice.

Ther e is butone waytomeetthis strainOfthe comingcentury, andthatis bythe educationOfthe blacks. Thetask is great, butifthe Amerieanpeople wil l awaketo its urgency andputforththe needed effort,the cr isis

may be averted. We ca l l uponallChristianpeople, and uponallpatriots,to

Congr egationalismin G eorgia—Notes fr omthe South. 1 28

beginthis newcentury withthe purposeto increasetheir contributions forthisgreatObject. We askthemto beginatonce andto continue steadilyih church contributions, inper sona l gifts, and, notto forgetthe Objectinthemakingof wills .

CONOR EOATIONALI EN IN G EOR G I A .

Our r eader s a re awa rethatthere a retwo Congregationa l Organizationsinthe State Of Georgia. The Georgia Congregationa l Associationwas organized in1 878, and is composed of abouta dozencolored churches, someoftheir pastor s beingwhite and some colored. The United CongregationalConfer ence of Georgia was formed a littlemorethana year ago, is amuchlarger body , and is composed of white pastor s and churches . With a viewtoapossible unionofthesetwoorganizations, committees have beenappointedby each , and, inanother column, we lay before our r eadersthe propositionstothatend.made bythe Committee Ofthe Georgia Association. Wecannotwithhold our expressionof satisfactionwiththe Christianspir itexhibited inthis document, andthe readinessto acceptany possible a lternativeto secur ethe union. The Congr egationa l Churches ofthe country will feelaninterestinma rkingthe progr ess Ofthese negotiations, andwill hail withdelighta consummationthatwillr elievethe denominationfromthe embarrassmentof sanctioningtwo organizations inthe same Statethatseemtobesepar ated only bythe color - line.

NOTE S F R OMTHE SOU TH .

BY SBCW ABY A. P. BEAR D.

Once mor e inNashville. Ther e is no questioninmymind butthatNashville isthe edueational leader inthe South . Itis a city of hills whichare crowned with institutions for white and black. These a rethe beginhings of gr eater and better days forthis partof our country .

" My dutieshavetakenmeto Fisk Univer sity . Itis a college which has justly wonvery high praise. Jubilee and Livingstone Ha l ls a r e significantnames. Onespeaks Of anhistoric event, andthe other of anhistoric per son, butthe workthatgoes oninboththese large buildings doesno dishonorto one name orthe other .

WhenCongr essmanKel ley. of Pennsylvania , was inNashvil le, he visitedFiskUniver sity . He a fterwardstoldmethathe couldnotconcea l his surpriseatwhathe saw and hea rd and only with difficulty his emotionwhenhe arosetoaddr essthe students .

I have nowvisited Fisk severaltimes . I ameachtimemor e impressedwiththe fidelity and qua lity ofthe work onthe pa rtofthe students, andthe

1 24 Notes fr omthe South .

patiententhusiasmofthe professor s andoftheteacher s. I f

.ther e wer etobe no other or greater resultsthanthose ofthe pastandthe present, allthathas beendone for Fisk Univer sity wouldbe justified.

F romNashvilleto Sparta, Tenn. , andthena rough ,tough r ide upthemountainside, “

rattlingthe bones overthe stones” until atlength we haveclimbedthe Cumber land Plateau. We a r rive atnowhere inparticu lar ,which is named PleasantHill . Her e ar e aneatchurch, which isboth churchand school, and a sightly buildingOftwo stories with '

athird underthemansard roof, which will accommodate forty boys. A few houses a re visiblefromthetopofthis building, butno one couldguess wher e fortymountainboys and asmany gir lsmightbe living. Neverthelessthey havebeendiscover ed, and itwas nonetoo soon.Missionar y Dodgedidnotloeate inP lea santHill beforethetime . He r ealizedthis. He looked abouthimand looked upanddown. He sawthings which were invisible. He saweastles inthe air .

Itmusthe confessedthatthe Office atR eade Street, fearing lestitmight“trustthe churches toomuch, had notthe faith which couldtake hold ofthese eastles inthe air and anchorthemtothe soil of PleasantHill ; butBrother Dodge' gothis grapples outand pulled downa church buildingfromthe heavens. Well done ; now surely he should r estfromhis labor sandgive himself and ustimeto breathe. No; a visible church only stimulated his faith, itdidnotsatisfy it, This church was aplace inwhich he couldreadthe eleventh chapter of Hebrews every Sunday . The resultwastheHa ll ” for youngmenand fortheteacher s. Nowwe a re initandare glad.

TheMassachusetts Principal gave us welcome,the Ober linVice- Pr incipal

endorsed it, whiletheMatronmater ia lizedthe spiritOf welcome ina way

ealculatedto excite gr atitude, fromthe factthatmissionar ies cannotliveabsolutely onfaith .

Nextthe youngmenwere introduced. One ofthemwas seizedwith nudisguised curiosityto behold a minister whosetheologica l systemsome institutionhad found itnecessa ryto doctor . Itis, perhaps,the fir stinstanceonrecord inmoderntimes wherethese semi- luna r fa rdels have beenlookeduponwith r espectand curiosity . When Brother Dodge came, congr atulatious wer e inorder over his Church, his School andhis Ha l l, buthe wou ldhave none Of it. He was seeinganother buildingfloatinginthe clouds, andcould onlyta lk Ofthe invisible. Itwill, however , soonbe amongthingsvisible, forthemissionary has his gr apples out. Itisto be a Boa rdingHall

and Industria l Home for gir ls who wil l come into itand lea rnto live andtobe. But, PleasantHill is notatown, itis nota village, itis only by courtesy a hamlet. Where ar e your pupils? The woods a r e full ofthemandtheywill come fromnear and fromfa r ," r epliestheir youngmissionary ofmor ethanthree scor e andtenyear s. OnSunday,the church was filled; onMonday ,the school was full ; and our heartwas full OfthanksgivingthatG od hadcometothese mountainpeople,thathope wouldentertheir lives andtheir

1 26 I lluminated Spots .

veloped Christianity. Themissiona ry sense cametotheApostlesthemselvesvery slowly . Itcametothe ChristianChurch slowly. The AfricanpeopleinAmeriea, Itrust, wil l seize uponitmore r apidly, forthey have a la rgeemotiona l natur e andgr eatfaith . Whatthey nowneed is educationand intellectual character , andthose qua lities which give shape, andtone, andper sistence,tothe forces which dir ectand control events.Menwho have beenslaves may nottake onthis, andtheir childrenmaynotingreatnumber s. Buttheir children's childrena r e coming onmultitudinously, and fromthemmustgothose who sha ll preachthe Gospe ltotheir own r ace inAfr ica . For psychologica l as well as physiologica l r easonsthismustbe. Notonly becausethey canlive, and whites cannot. inAfr ica,butbecause, otherthings beingequa l,they candothis work better withtheirownr ace. SaidChrist, G o hometothy friends, andtell whatgr eatthingsthe Lord hath done forthee.

Allof which saysthatthe Fisk mustnow addto its gr eatwor k athoroughtheological school, andmusturge its studentsto listentothe voice of

G od andto answer whenG od calls, “Speak, Lord,thy ser vanthea r eth .

"More andbetter minister s are needed both for Africa inthe United StatesandAfrica acrossthe sea . He wil l give wisely who wil l give quickly forthis.

ILLUMINATBD SPOTS .

A Northernvisitor inthe South, wr itingina r ecentnumber ofMAo

vme, speaks ofthe rapid improvementofthe Negroes inthatloca lity . He

saysthatthe Negro is prosperous ;thatcommer cially he is honest;thatonehouse has hadno lessthanthirteenhundrednames of coloredpeople on itsbooks, each having a creditfroma few dollarsto forty ormore ;thattheNegro respects education—evenif he is unableto r ead himself, he wants,with allthe determinationof his soul,thathis children sha ll be educated;thatthe merchants saythatthey ar e buying better and better goods, ar e

learningthe va lue of money, ar e exercising wiser judgment, are becomingfa rmer s andmechanics, are becomingbettermen.

These items,takenfroma long article, showthe brightlightglowinginthatloca lity . Of cour sethe wr iter gives some da rktouchestothe pictur e,andthusmodified, itmay be repeated ofthousands of placesth roughouttheSouth . Some of our friends, we fear , looktoomuch uponthe dark side.

There is a dark side, and itis dense. Butif we canonly continue and en

largethe spher e ofthese brightspots, and kindle other s innew localities,thetime will come whenthe lightwil l displacethe darkness andthe dawnofthe newera will come. F riends ofthe Negro r ace, patriots andChristiansfurnishthe oilforthese brightspots and helptomultiplythem.

The Governmentandthe Indians. 1 27

THE G OVE R NMENT AND THE INDIAN S .

Onthe 1 8th ofMa rch , some ofthe Secr etaries ofthemissionary societies, andothersinterestedinthe welfare ofthe Indians, had aninter viewwith Pr esidentHar r isonandwith Secr etary Noble, ofthe Interior Department. We wer e kindly r eceived, andtheSemetary solicited information fromus astothemethods inwhich he could aid infurtherance of Indiancivilization. A number of suggestions weremade inresponse,andthe followingoutline is givenas a summary ofthe points presentedtothe Score

r . Thatthe appointmentor r etentionof allofficer s and employés intheIndianservice ofthe Governmentsha ll be onthe sole ground of fitnessthatability, integr ity and aninterestinthe welfa r e ofthe Indians, shall constitutethe only required conditions. We a r e notignorantofthe difficultiesinvolved in securingsuch per sons, especia lly withthe low sala ries paidtosome ofthese employés andwe shal l be abundantly satisfiedwiththe purpose ofthe Governmentto reachthe nearestattainable success inthis dir ection.

2 . Thatthe Governmentsha ll make adequate appropriations fortheestablishmentandmaintenance of suitable schools forthe educationof all

Indian pupils—whetherthese schools be sustained and control ledwhol ly bytheGovernmentor incc - operationwithmissionary societies. The millionsof dolla r s nowduetothe Indians bytr eaty stipulations, for educational purposes, shouldnotbe idle inthe Nationa l T r easury. butshould, as rapidly as

possible , be devotedtotheir legitimate purposes, andthey should be supplemented as fa r as needbe by directgr ants fromthe Government.3. T hatthe cc - oper ationofthe Governmentwiththemissionary societies

inwhata r e knownas Contr actschools shouldbe continued and enla rged. We

believethatno betterteachinghas beena ffordedtothe Indiansthanthatgiven inthese Contr actschools. The educationa l qua lifications oftheteache r s,together withtheir disinterested and self-denying cha r acter s andtheir r eligious influence and instr uction, r enderthempre - eminently fitfortheir places and successful intheir work. The experience ofthe pastandthetestimony of allunpr ejudicedper sons bear witnesstothis fact.

4. Thatcompulsory educationof Indianpupils be enforced, with libertyof choicetothe par ents inthe se lectionofthe schoolstowhichtheir childrenshall be s nt. The Indians ar egenera lly aver se, or indiffer ent,totheeducationoftheir children. The withholdingof r ations incase of failureor neglectis usually anall- sufficientmotive for promptcompliance. Then,too,the par ent, if a Christianand intelligent, shouldbe a llowedto selecttheschool for his child, andnotbe compel ledto send ittoa Governmentschoolsimply becausethatmay happento be nearest.5. The Governmentshould adopta libe r a l policy inr egardtothe use ofthe vernacular inthe Indianschools. We ar e allagr eedthatthe Englishlanguage shouldbe broughtinto use amongthe Indians atthe ear liestpracticable per iod. Butthe experience of allthe past, inIndiancivilization

1 28 Notes f r omNew England.

amongthe rudertr ibes, has shownthatChristianinfluences have beenmostsuccessfully broughtto bear bythe use ofthe vernacular , ingivingthemtheknowledge ofthe Word of God, inteachingthema practica l mor ality , andinprepa ringthemfor civilized life. We ask,therefore,thatno restr ictionsbe placed uponChristianpeople intheir efforts forthis gr eatobject.

6. We askthatthe Governmentexercise anabsolute impartiality indealingwiththe difierentdenominations of Christians, inthe distributionof ap

propriations, inthe grantingof lands for missiona ry uses, and inthe appointmentof oflicer s, agents,teacher s and employés. We ask no favors intheserespects, andwe desirethatnone shall be grantedto other s.

NOTE S FR OMNEW ENG LAND .

B? “ V. 0. J . R Y DER , DISTR ICT SECR ETAR Y .

DEARMADAM: I understand you have gotthe school, butI can'tpossibly board you, as socia l equa lity is notcustominthis country . I don’tthink itwouldbe pleasantfor you nor for us, either . I wrotethis inorder

for youto look outsome other place. Y ou need notdepend ongettingboa rdwith us.

FEBR U AR Y 2,1 889 .

This letter was writtento a cultivated Northernyoung lady who hadgraduated atone ofthe besthigh schools inthe country and held a specia lrecommendation, besides her diploma , onaccountof her excellency as a

studentandpracticeteacher . She wentSouthto helpthese people intheirgr eatneed. Itwas for Ch rist’s sake and in His name "thatshe enteredthis field. She securedboard of a white family, butwhenthey learnedthatshe was goingtoteachthe blacks and seekto leadthemto Christ,this letterwas senther . Every door was closed againstthis Ch ristianwomanbecauseshe wastryingto savethe poor and ignor ant! And itis eighteenhundr edand eighty -nine ofthe Christianera and infree America !

Butthis plucky Y ankee gir l didnotsogive upher school . She found a

boardingplace inthe home of one of our missionaries,twomiles away , andshetramps acrossthesetwomilestwice a day, patiently putting in her bestservices,to bring lightintothe dense darkness ofthe very community whosedoor s were closed againsther

Inconnectionwiththis incidentof nar rowpr ejudice readthesewords fromD r . Haygood

'

s Pleas for Progr ess.

”Inalltruth and common sensethere is no reasonfor discountinginany respecta whitemanor womansim

ply forteaching negroes. Itis absurd. I believe itis sinful. ” These

earnestwords wer e spokenbythe eloquentdivineto his Southernbrethren,August2 , 1 883 , six longyear s ago. I fthey only ca r riedthe convictionofthepeopletowhomhe appea led! How strangelythey sound, standingso close

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concessionwhichthe committee ofthe DiocesanConventionmake is butar e affi rmationofthe Char lestonbrethr en’s aver sionto anythingthatsmacksof anapproachto associationofthetwo r aces onterms of equality . Ifthere are colored saints inParadise, itwill be utter ly impossible fortheChar lestonwhite saints ofthe Episcopa l denominationto feelathomether e.

The only chance of reconcilingthemto a heavenso liberally disposedwoulddepend onthe adoptionof some such planasthatrecommendedbythe committee as amods“memo? inthe church onearth . Thatisto say, ifthe color ed saints were cor raledbythemselves—iftheir convocations were separatefromthe convocations ofthe white saints—ifthey were notadmittedtothewhite circles of celestia l society as equa l partaker s ofthe privileges oftheheavenly kingdom—the Caucasianangels fromChar lestonmightbe willingtopasstheir eternity insuch a place.

Itis very essential forthem,therefore,to knowwhetherther e ar e in factany colored saints inheaven; and, ifthere are, whetherthe divisions oftheFather ’s house into manymansions admits of an ar rangementwher ebythe angelic brunettes may occupy one setof quarter s andthe Char lestonblondes another . Untilthese problems ar e solvedtotheir satisfaction, wedonotsee howour Ch ristianfriends ofthe chief city of South Carolina cancontemplate a futur e life with any degr ee of equanimity . Their faithmaybe equa ltothe r emova l of mountains andtheir virtues may entitlethemtoallthe felicity ofthe spirits of justmenmade per fect, butif itisthe r ule ofthe happy land, far , far away thata black saintis justas good as a whiteone, howmuch mor e r ational itwouldbe forthemtopr efer annihilationtoimmortality . B r ooklynD aily E agle.

Pa rmesan-ne .

WE would continueto r emind pastor s and churches of our Leaflets,which wewill be happyto furnish, onapplication,tothosetakingcol lectionsfor our Association.

THE D aily Standa r d- Umbn, of Brooklyn, is a good judge . ItsaysTHE AMER ICANMISSIONAR Y for April, published bythe AmericanMis

sionary Association, NewY ork, is full of informationuseful and edifyingtoallinterested indomesticmissions.

THE Student’s Letter foundonanother page isworth attention. The

writer , R ev. Spencer Snell, gives a modestand yetvivid picture of his

struggles for aneducation, and he is now—we say itfor him, as he doesnotthe able andacceptablepastor ofour gr owingchur ch inBirmingham, Alabama.

We wish ina quietwayto suggestto our friends inthe Norththat“ itpays to spendmoneyto educate such men.

Southern E choes . 1 81

R ev . James Wharton,the evangelist, who has been efficiently pr eachingtothe AmericanMissiona ry churches inthe Souththis winter , has leftthiscountry for England, where he will remainuntilthe firstof October , whenhewill returnagainto his specificwork inwhichthe churches have beengr eatlyblessed. The churches which he has visited, andwhich have addedtotheirnumber sth rough his ministr ation, ar e Louisville, Ky . , Sherwood, Nashvil leandMemphis, Tenn. , Athens, F lorence,Mobile andMontgomery, Ala . ,

JacksonandTouga loo,Miss. ,andNewOr leans. La .Many pr ayer s will gowith himacrossthe sea , andmany welcomes wil l

greethimonhis r eturn.

SOU THE R N ECHOE S .

PR AY ER S OF WOMEN AT THEMEETING OF FAR EWELL TO AMISSIONAR Y .

“ O!Lord,thou knowesthow I love her . Thou knowesthow I have

runto her ineverytrouble, as a chickendoesto itsmother . ”O!Lord, you knowwhatshe has beentome inthe gr eatesttrouble I

ever bad. Y ou know Ithinkmor e of herthanof any being inthe wholewor ld, exceptmy husband. Will you pleasetobe with her whenshe getsready forthetrain, and whenshe goes fromthe housetothetr ain, and onthetr ain and whenshe goestothe house fromthetrain, andbless her allthetime .

Mr s . W anold lady, said: My oldmanaxme every nightwhenhe come fromwork ifther e be ameetingupyonder . He do liketo gotomeeting. Hethink a heapofthatyoungpr eacher upyonder . LastWed

nesday nightafter meeting, he saytome, Mary, I ’ll be goodtoyou afterthis,’ and I saythe sameto him. Itdome a heapof goodtogo upyonder .I learnmor ethanI ever knowedbefore. I knows whatthetexts meansSATISFACTOR ILY E!PLAINED .

‘—A few days since, during a r ecitationingeography , ateacher was endeavoringto explainthe subjectof electricity inthe lessonon Thunder and lightning.

”Ithad beenstatedthatwhena

flash of lightningda rtstothe earth itis saidto stroke. A precocious ladoftwelve summer s (winter s included), r aised his hand and upon recognitionsaid: Dopeople have any electricity?” Uponbeing informedthateveryone possessedthe subtle force ina gr eater or less degr ee, his dusky, goodnatured face lighted up, and he added, Thenisthatthe reasonwhy somepeople always wantto strike ?”

B oole Notice—The South.

BOOK NOTI CE .

Pleasf or P r ogr ess. By ATTICU S G . HAvcoon,D .D . PublishingHouse ofM. E . Church South, Nashville, Tenn. Price,

D r . Haygood is a Southernmanwho stands with his facetoward sun

rise andnotsunset. As a writer , he is inter estingand vigorous. H e sometimes forgetstotake off his Titbottomspectacles when he lookssouthward, buthe puts intremendous blows againstthe wrong which he

sees. This volume befor e us contains paper s and addresses deliver ed atvarioustimes andplaces, both North and South . Itis a very valuable bookforthose who desir eto learnwhatthe rea lly Christianpeople ofthe Souththink onthesegreatNationa l problemsthatthe AmericanMissiona ry Associationis helpingto solve.

The lecture on“The Educationofthe Negro, delivered atMonteagle,

Tenn. , and published inthis volume, is a sample. D r . Haygood statesfour rootobjections to negro education: 1—Ignorance ; z—Stinginess ;3—Pr ejudice ; 4—Fearthateducationwill “ spoilthe negro as a labor erand bring himinto “

socia l equality ”withthe whites . The author showsthe absurdity of allthese objections.

The volume is full of statistics andwil l prove a valuable mine of facts.The discussions a r e clea r andgenerally convincing. We commendthe bookhigh ly .

TH E S O U T H .

TE E G EOR G IA CON G R E G ATIONA I . A SSOCIATION .

R ev. 8 . 0.McDanielandother s, Committee ofthe United Congr egational Conf er ence ofD EAR BR ETHR EN .

—Having been appointed bythe Georgia Congr egationalAssociationas a committeeto confer with you inr eferenceto a union

ofthetwo bodies representedby you and us, we desireto expressto you ourgratificationatthe r eceiptof your r equestfor such a confer ence, and our

earnestdesirethatsuch a unionshould be consummated. Withthis end inview, we would r espectful ly submitfor your considerationthe followingpropositions

1 . We cordia lly invitethe churches composingthe UnitedCongregationalConferenceto becomemember s ofthe Georgia Congr egational Association.U ponthe acceptance ofthis invitationbythe UnitedConfer ence, we agr eetorecommendtothe Associationthe pas sage of a vote immediately placinguponthe roll ofthe Associationthe names of allthe churches ofthe UnitedConference.

1 84 E vangelistic Labor-s.

EVAN G ELISTIC LABOR S .

m. JAKE “ AS TON.

Y ou lasthea rdOfmy work, I believe, fromMemphis, Tenn. , wher e God

revea led his gracious power amongthe students of LeMoyne, and a lso atthe Congr egational church . Altogether , some one hundred andthirty » four

professed a hope inCh ristduringmy visitthere. Ithenwentto Jackson,Miss.,to hold ser vices inthe newchurchther e a pretty little building, situ

ated ina ver y centralandprominentpartOfthe city . For elevennights, Ipr eachedtonota very large, butto aninteresting congregation. Twelve

professed conver sion,their conver sionproving a source Of gr eatjoy, notonlytothemselves, buttotheir friends and acquaintances.

I a lso visited Touga loo Univer sity and spoketothe students . Betweenfifty and sixty atthe close ofthe address a rose for prayer . I feel sur e if Icould have spenta few days withthem,thatmostofthemwouldhave decided for Ch r ist, butthey r emainunderthe good andwise instr uotionofthe Pr esident, R ev . F . G . Woodworth . I hopeto visitthemagain.

Ithenwentto NewOr leans,to findthe Centr a l Congr egational Churchr ecoveringitself underthe leading Ofthe pastor , R ev . G eo. W. Hender

son. We believethatitwill steadily grow. andbe a gr eatinfluence for goodinthatlarge andwicked city. AtStraightUniversity, I foundthe religiousinterestgoing onquietly and steadily underthe car e Of Professor H itchcock and R ev. W. L. Tenney, some cases Of conver siontaking place duringthe week Of pr ayer .

I cametoMontgomeryth r ee weeks ago, and a r evivalthere has sur

passed any I have seen forthe lastthirteenyear s amongthe colored

folks ofthe South . In fact,many ofthe Old-time people saythey neversaw such a deepinter estmanifested inthis city . Thethirdnightthe churchwas filledto over flowing, and hundredswere outsidethe door who couldnotgetin. The power Of G od came downuponthe people insuch a waythatatthe close ofthe preachingthe seekers fair ly rantothe frontbenches ,takingthemby storm. All aroundthe frontthey sator knelt. We placedchair s inrows onthe platform, andthe crowd was sothick I could sca rcelygeta placeto stand. The pastor , R ev. R . C . Bedford, andthe Ch r istians,worked hard amongthe unconverted,andnow atthe close Oftheth ree weeks’ser vices,mor ethantwo hundr ed ar e rejoicingina new found hope.

One ca se wasthatof a youngman,the sonOf aMethodistpr eacher , bothdea f and dumb, who gave r easonable evidence Of conver sionasthe love OfGod filled his heart, and another was a youngmanwho had beena wildyoungfellow, who had atthetime Of his conver siona five bar r el loaded r e

volver inhis pocket, and which I now have. One whole family is now

r ejoicingthatG od has broughtsalvationtothathouse father ,mother , sonand four daughter s ar e amongthe converts. Another father rejoices over

four of his sons anddaughter s converted. Husbands andwives have startedtogether onthe roadto Zion. Onthe streets andwherever yougo,the pen

Thomasville, G em—Mr s. B ennett.ple ar eta lking about, and r ejoicingover ,the conversionof some oftheirfriends or r elations.

This finishes another winter 's work amongthe dear colored people,which has beenone ofthe happiestandmostsuccessful I have knownIformany yea r s.

THOMASVILLE , G EOR G IA .

THE ConnecticutNorma l and IndustrialSchool, Thomasville. G a. , closedits winterterm, for a fewdays' vacation, onMar ch s6th , with appropriate exercises . TheMam'

lle D aily Times says, “The growth andmanagement

ofthe school is very gr atifyingto our people, and everyone wishes itcontinned success andprosperity.

"The Thomasoille Enterpr ise speaks of “the

results Ofthe sevensweet- facedpatientladyteacher s,” and adds, I f yesterday ’

s exhibitionwas a fair sample Of whatthe pupils cando,the AmericanMissionary Association, andthe corps ofteacher s ithas employed, havenotlabored invain;thata gr eatdea l Of hard, honestwork has beendone,was fully exemplified.

Againwe are r emindedthatTIIo'masm’

IIe is notQm‘

lman, and also ofthefactthatSouthernpeople aregenera lly quite generous intheir appr eciationofthe work andthemethods Of our Association.

MR S . LY D IA HE R R I CK BENNETT .

OnSaturday,Ma rch 1 6,the greathousehold atFisk Univer sity was suddenly saddened bythe announcementOfthe death OfMrs. Bennett

, who,after anillness Of four weeks, was ca lledto her rest.

In1 867,Mr . andMr s. Bennettgave uptheir work ina pleasantNorthernpa rish, and cameto Fisk Univer sity, whe rethey have laboredtogetherfor almosttenty -two year s. Duringthese year s,Mr s. Bennetthas beennotonly anefi cienthelperto her husbandand a wise andtender motherto herchildr en, buthas contributedmuchtothe work Ofthe school . Her strongmind and fine intel lectua ltastes especia l ly fitted her for life inaninstitutionOf lea rning. Duringthe lastfewyea r s, she gavemuchtime and labortothe pr epa r ationOf a botanical collectionforthe Scientific DepartmentOfthe U niver sity.Mr s . Bennettwas alsothe warmper sona l friend Ofthe young people.

Since her death,manytender expr essions frompr esentand former studentsbea r witnessto appreciationof her quiet, ea rnest, Chr istianchar acter , as

manifestedboth inher ownlife, and inher ministryto other s. Why such a

life, appar ently so indispensableto her husband and children, and so helpfulto a large body Of youngpeople, shouldbethus suddenlyterminatedwe cannotunder stand. We canonly acceptthe dispensationOf Him Who doethallthings well." H 0M

1 36 Student’s Letter .

S T U DE N T ’S LE TT E R .

HOW I W A S EDU CATE D , LED TO CHR IST AND INTO

THE MIN I STR Y .

BY m. SPENCBB SNELL.My firstlessons frombooks I r eceived innightschool . Atthistime Iwas employed as dining- roomser vantby a family inMobile. I didmyworkduringthe day,takinga littletime her e andthere for study as bestI could,and wentto school atnight. I was fir stemployed at$3 . 50 per month.

Fifty cents ofthis Itook eachmonthto paytuition. Thetuitioninthisschool was one dolla r per month, butI was receiving such sma l l wagesthata womanwho was employed inthe same yard, andwho wenttothe sameschool, per suadedtheteacherto letme go for fifty cents . I remainedwiththis family aboutfour year s, andwenttonightschoolmuch ofthetime. I

supposethey consider ed my ser vices more andmore valuable as I becamemore enlightened, for , duringthe four yea r s,my wages were incr eased fromto $ 1 0 per month . Asmy wages increased, I hadmoretuitionto payalso, for duringmy study inthe nightschool I had sever a lteacher s andpaidsome ofthemasmuch astwo dolla r s permonth , and so anxiouswas Ito ao

quir e aneducationthatI would have paid five dolla r s had itbeenrequired,evenatatimewhenitwould havetakenallmy wagestodo so. While I wasa studentinone ofthese nightschools, I chancedone dayto see a newspaper

which a color edmanwho knewme hadthrownintothe yard forme. Inthispaper I r ead anarticletellingaboutEmer sonInstitute, a school ofthe AmericanMissionary Association, andthe commencementexercises soonto occurthere. The school had beeninMobile for sever al yea r s, butI had heard

nothingof ittil l now. As soonas I r ead ofthese exercises, I determinedtoseethem, for I had never hea rd of such exercises before. Whenthetimecame, I wentone night, accompaniedby a fewofmy fellownight- school students. We wer e well pleasedwith whatwe saw, and I saidtothemthatImeantto enterthatschool whenitopenedthe nextfa l l, andthatImeanttobe aneducatedmanif I could. I soonbeganto ca r ry outmy purpose, forina fewweeks I leftmy employmentinthatfamily andwentback intothecountry, fromwhence I had gonetoMobile, andtookthe examinationandbeganteachingpublic school . Bythismeans, I ea rnedmoney enoughtogobacktoMobile andbecome a pupil of Emer sonInstitute, notinthe fa l l of1 873, as I had hopedto do, butinthe spring of 1 874. I shall ever feelgratefultothemanwhoth rewoverthe fence for methe article fromwhichI learned aboutthatgood school, for I amsur e I amquite a difier entmanto- day fromwhatI would have beenbutfor r eadingthatarticle. Precioustome isthememory ofthose days duringwhich Itooktuitioninthe nightschool, wher ethe key was putintomy hand andthe door of knowledge wasopenedtome.

1 38 The Indians .

T H E IN D IAN S .

PER ILS OPMIS S IONAR Y LIF E .

R ev . T . L. R iggs, our missiona ry atOahe, Dakota ,thus describestheloss of ateamandthe perilof his fellowmissionary, R ev

I wishedto crossmyteamonthe icetothe westside oftheMissouriand keepitther e for use duringthe breakingupofthe river . Being verybusy with some writing, I askedMr . Crosstotake myteamover whenhestartedto returntothe White R iver , sendingamanwith him. Mr . Cross

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steamwentover safely, butmine, whichMr . Cross himselfwas driving, brokethrough andwere drowned, in spite of every efiortofthetwo men. Mr .Cross had a nar row escape. Hemanagedto savethe wagon, butthe horseswentdownwith ha rness onasthey were driven. Mr . Crosstookthe loss soto heart,thattogether withthe str ainand agony ofthe moment, itquiteprostr atedhim. He started for White R iver ina day ortwo after ,though Ifeltthathe was hardly fittogo.

F IR ST F R U ITS .

axv . o. I. HALL, r oar nxnrnow , pm.

Inthe fallof 1 879 , a young G ros- Ventre Indiannamed D a/Ipitsislreslc,The Bear

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s Tooth, beganto attendthe day school atFortBerthold, anda lthough he was overtwenty yea r s old and notvery quickto learn, he sur

passedthe younger pupils by his industry . He attendedthe day school, inthe daytime or inthe evening, quite r egula r ly duringthe winter , andbecamea helptothemissionary intr ans latingpa rts of Scripture intotheGros-Ventrelanguage.

He wore his long hair br aided behind, and banged andplastered withclay infrontsothatitstood upright, andbe dressedinblanket, br eech - clout,leggings andmoccasins, andthe lower joints of sever a l of his finger s werecut06 inaccordance withthe Indiancustomofmutilatingthemselves attheburia l of a friend. His firstappear anceto a newteacher who camethe followingspring caused her no littletrepidation, butshe soonlearnedto prizehimas her bestpupil, andthe nextyearthe influence of God’

s word upon

himwas seenby his saying, after recounting some of his Gros -Ventreteligious fables, inwhich his belief hadbeenshaken “

I have beencomingtoschool nowmor ethana year . Since r eadingthese books aboutGod and

angels I cannotsleep atnight, buthave haddr eams . Ithink some ha rmwill cometome. I ampoor and cannothelpmyself, butI pr ay Godtokeepme fromha rm,

and I wanttotrusthim.

”

F romthattime on, we hoped he wouldtake a decided stand for Ch rist.As yet, none amonghis people hadbeenconverted. A fewpassages oftheBible and a fewwords of songhad beengiventothe Gros - Ventr es intheirowntongue, and every Sabbathther e wer e attentive Indian listener s, but

The Indians . 1 39

wouldthere ever be a Gros-Ventre convert? The Bear’

s Tooth continuedto cometo us, and learnedto under stand quite ful lythe requir ementsof our faith . He became atrusted helper incharge ofthemissioncattleandthemilking, working regular ly as few Indians woulddo atBerthold, andhe soonhad stock of his owninwhich hetook gr eatpleasure. He r eadtheBible onSabbath afternoons with one who was soonca l ledto her r eward itwas a lmosther lastprayerthathe mightbe saved. He came inspite of dissuasions, jeers, and evenpersecutions fromhis people, and yethetookno stand for Christ. Three year s after ,there wer e Indianinquirers,andhe helpedto explaintothemthe demands of Christ, butthey all feltthatthe way wastoo hard forthem and “

wentaway sor rowful . ”Some ofthe youngpeople who had beentakenawayto school and r e

moved fromthe oppositionoftheir people had confessed Ch rist, butther ewere noneto face ithere and saythatthey lovedhim. The Bea r

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s Toothtook a wife inthe Indianway. unwillingtomar ry, and removed, as itseemed,away fromour influence,to a claimfortymiles upthe river fromour missionstation.

ButG od dealtwith himand afflicted himinthe loss of his babes, andof his stock, sothathe said, Itseems asthough I could acquir e nothing.

Explain itto me ;the Indians say itis because I followyourteaching.

Itaughthimfromthe book of Job, andthe words of Christ. His soulwas

hungry, andwhenhe came once intwo weeks for his governmentr ations,he soughtthe bread of life atthemission. Finally , after near ly eightyear s,one summer day he came and satona bench inthe shade ofthe house inalittle flower garden, and after we hadta lked awhile, he saidtothemissionary G oodVoice,now I can I will be faith fultomy ownwife, I wil l keepSunday , I will pray and avoidthe dances and other heathencustoms ; whenyouthink bestI will come downand be r eceived intothe church .

”That

was a gladmoment. To claspthe hand ofthe firstGros-Ventre brother inChrist, wonth rough a strangetongue and froma people who had satindarkness for eighteenhundred yea r s sincethe gr eatlightshone inGa lilee!I said, Bringyour wife and friends with youto Christ. ” He wenthome

butsoon r eturned, saying sor rowfully My wife andmy friends a re noneofthemwilling. I f I joinIthink itmustbe alone.

” “Well," I said, “letit

be so,”and itwas. His clothes were second- hand and old, and he hadno

natur alattr activeness of appearance,butina simple,manly, determinedway,hemade his confessionandwas baptizedbefore anaudience of Indians inthe little missionchapel, (July, a poor Indian, butanother Danielstanding alone.

Then, asthe manof G ergesa , he wenthometotell his neighbor s whatGod had done for him. He had a Bible inDakota, of which language he

under stood something, and a few Gros-Ventretranslations inwriting, andsome attempts athymns, and some pictur es. Withthese he pr eached, inneighbor s

’

houses, andthen he would r eporttome of his reception, ” a

1 40 The Chinese.

ask me questions aboutthe Christian life. A ver itable man F riday

had cometome ; I was no longer alone. Thenwhy did his hea lth fail, andhe fortymiles away wher e I couldnotsee him? Butso G odwilled. Soonthey broughtmethe word Y our friend has gone. I gathered up his lastwords, questioning his wife and lame old father . He wantedto see In

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eadandtellhimsomethings. Hethoughthe did see himcome in andthengo outbefore he could speak. He said, Ithoughtitwas difi cult,butI joinedwiththose who pr ay, and I find now itis only a shortway .

I amgoingabove. With his lastbreath and his Bible open, he askedtobe shownthe way,thathemightgo init.

The influence of a genuine life is strongestathome, and so itcomesthatthe wife is seekingto follow her husband. There a r e other convertswith us now, butwe shall never forgetthis fir stG ros -Ventr e fr iend,

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(madakina) and althoughthe story of his life is nota peculiar oneto whitemen, nay forthatver y r eason, we a r e gladto writethis record of a oncelowly, butnowglor ified, believer .

T H E CH IN E S E .

LOS AN G EL-BS CON G R BG ATIONAL CHINE SEMI S S ION .

BY m. sona r 0. Irv-roams.

Our Fir stChurch has recently enjoyedtwopeculiar ly impr essive occa sions ;onethe anniver sary onthe 1 7th of lastmonth, ofthe Chinese school, establishedby D r . Pond;the otherthe r eception, onthe 3d instant, of six Chinesebr eth rento church membership. To appreciatethe significance ofthesescenes, onemustr emember how contemptuous isthe prejudice which pr evails onthis coastagainstthese inofiensive stranger s.

Nine ortenyoung Chinamendelivered addresses atthe anniver sary .

They spoke with r emarkable simplicity, per spicuity and accuracy of Englishpronunciation. In view oftheir per fectself-possessionand propriety of

manner inthe presence ofthe crowded congr egation, one could sca rcelyrealizethatnea r ly allofthemwer e utter ly inexperienced inpublic speaking.

The success ofthese humble repr esentatives gave a hintofthe possibilitiesof a ChristianizedChina. One ofthe speaker s gave anaccountofthe conversion, sickness, death and Christianburial of amember ofthe school, ayouth of eighteen. The heathenr elatives and friends had attributedthe illnesstothe boy ’

s desertionofthe r eligionof his father s, andhadbeggedhimto a llowthe burningof idolatrous incense . Buthe had ca lmly r esistedtheirappea ls, and, inanalienland, far fromhis father andmother , hadpillowedhis dyinghead onthe br eastofthe Saviour ofmankind.

LowQuong, who superintendsthemission, andwho istrue- hearted, prudentand influential with his countrymen, showedwith clearness,the r elationbetweenthe conversionofthe Chinese inCa lifornia andthe evangelizationofChina. Itwas newstomany of his hearer sthatthe ChristianChinese of

America are supportingnativemissionaries oftheir owninChina.

1 42 B ur eau of Woman’s Wor k.

Tum. andAnm—Woman’sMissiona r y Unionof Kenna—Woman’s HomeMh s. Society . Sec eCentr ai South Confe r ence, Secr eta r y,Miss ta r y ,Mr s . G . L. Bpps , Topeka , Kan.

AnnaMo Cahill, v ule, TQM. mono—Wm “ Emam Um 8m ,lis.—Woman'sMiss. Union, Secr eta r y ,Miss J en Mr s.Ma r y B. Wm Landng,nie Pyle. 490Canalat, NewOr leans. La.

05 1 3 —n Home m Union, W m‘

Win—Woman’s HomeMiss. Union,M y,Mr s. Flor a 11 . R egal, Ober lin, Ohio. m0'mm“DW N W“

Inn—Woman's HomeMiss. Union, Secr etar y, Nix - Woman’s Homo was. Union. Secr et-tr .mw. a n, Fofl W5mg' 1nd.

ILL—Woman'sHomeMiss. Union, Secr eta r y .Mr s. Cezanne—Woman's HomeMiss. Union, Sam'sC. H. Taintor , 1 51 WashingtonSt, Chicago, Ill. ta r y,Mr s. S.M. Packard, Pueblo, Coin.Mum—Woman's Homem“ s0d”! Secr eta r y . Du cts —Woman’s Home l ies. Union, Pr eside“ .Miss Kathar ine Plant, 2651 Portland Avenue, Mr s. T.M. 3 1118 . SiouxMia ;mm. I n.

W. E . Dawes, Redh eld; Tr easur er ,Mr s. S. 1Iowa.

—Woman’s HomeMiss. Union, Secr eta r y, Fifield, Lake Pr eston.Miss Ella E.Mar sh , G r innell, Iowa.

“Forthe purpose of exactinformation, we notethatwhileth e appear s inthis listasa State body forMass. and R . L , ithas certainauxiliar ies elsewher e.

We would suggesttoallladies connectedwiththe auxiliar ies of StateMissionar y Unions,matfunds forth e Amer icanMissionar y Associationbe sentto usth roughth etr easur er s ofme Union.Car e. however , should betakento designateth emoney as forth eAmer icanMissionar y Annotation,since undedpnafedflmdswalnotr eack ue.

THE WOMAN '

S HOMEMISSIONAR Y ASSOCIATION, which has its oflice inthe Congregationa l House inBoston, held its semi- annualmeetinginProvidence, April 3d,the fi r stsince ithas come into cc - oper ationwiththe AmericanMissionary Associationinits administrationandwiththe other nationa lbenevolentsocieties. R ev . G . A . Hood r epresentedthe Congr egationalUnion, R ev . Joshua Coit,the AmericanHomeMissionary Society, R ev . J .A. Hamilton, D .D . ,the College and EducationSociety, R ev. C . J . R yder ,the Amer icanMissionaryAssociation, andthe R ev. GM. Boynton, D .D .

,theCongregational Sunday school and PublishingSociety . These allexpressedtheir sympathy withthe closer a lliance ofthe Woman’s Associationwiththenational societiesthroughwhichthey have electedtowork, andto whichtheyhave committedthe administr ationoftheir benevolence intheir r espectivefields. We cordia l ly welcomethe Woman's HomeMissiona r y Associationasthe r epresentative ofthe States ofMassachusetts and R hode I sland inthe sisterhood of cc - operative societies.

AT THEMEET ING ofthe Woman'sMissionar y Associationof Alabama,held inconnectionwiththe Congregationa l Conference atMobile, April r st,the Constitutionwas amended, enla rgingthe spher e of workto cover bothhome and foreignmissions, andthus we havethe “Woman'sMissionaryUnionofthe State of Alabama. The actual working ofthis woman’sorganization had a lr eady been var ied. Itwas mostinter esting attheirmeetingto hea rthe r eports ofthe auxiliaries. Allreported aidtotheirr espective churches and relieftothe destitute intheir parishes, andthentheir contributionstook other dir ections—tothe Amer icanMissionaryAssociationfor its Indianwork ;tothe AmericanBoard for a gir l inSmyrna;for a Hindoo gir l ; for work in South Afr ica ;tothe HomeMissionary

Howthe P ennies G r ew. 143

Society for work inthe West. Thusthese churches inthe South ar e beingtrainedto a wor ld-wide interestinmissions.THR EE NEW OR G AN IZAT IONS IN THE SOU TH.

A WOMAN'

SMISSIONAR Y UNION forthe State of Louisiana was organisedinconnectionwiththe Congregationa l AssociationOfthe State. The

meetingof ladies was wel l attended, andthe interestwasmanifested intheirhearty r esponse in favor of joiningthe sisterhood of State Unions. The

Ofi cer s ofthe Unionwer e selected fromboththe white and color edchur ches,the church atHammondbeingthus represented.

AT THE ANNU ALMEETING ofthe Gener a l Associationof Congregationalchur ches ofMississippi, '

which metatTougaloo,March e8th , a Woman’sMissiona r y Unionwas organized. Mr s. A . V. Whitingwas chosenPresi

dent,Miss Julia Sauntry, Chairmanofthe Executive Committee, andMissS. J. H umphrey, Secretary. Although itis buta sma l l beginning, we hopethe day is notfar distantwhenMississ piwil ltake her place with otherStates inmissionary work.

Tm; WOMAN '

SMISSIONAR Y UNION ofthe Centr al South Confer ence wasorganiz ed April I 3th , atKnoxvil le, Tenn. ; Secr etary,Miss AnnaM. Cahill,of Nashville.

O U R Y O U N G F OLKS .

HOW THE PBNN IBS G R EW .

Notthe penniesthatlay hiddenaway inthe bank, northe penniesthatwere spentfor candy. 0 no ; butthe honest, hard-workingpenniesthathad a workto do andthe heartto do it.Th ese work- a - day pennies fell intothe hands Of a missionband ca lled

“WillingWorkers.”

Itwas inthe summer -time whenthey beganto stiraboutand see whatthey coulddo for missions, andwhenwinter came alongthere was a plea santlittle festival, andthepennies cametogether , andbroughtjustasmany withthemasthey possibly could.

Forthese wer e “ta lentpennies, andthey had beeninvested fortheLord. One ofthe very pleasantfeatur es ofthe festiva l wasthe readingoflittle paper s,tel ling howthe pennies gr ew. And we are goingto letthechildr en see some ofthese very paper s. For allthis is exactlytrue,andtook place ina pleasantvillage inthe State of NewY ork.

Abouttendol lar s grewoutof a little morethantwenty pennies. We

have notroomtopublish allthe little papers,telling howthe pennies gr ewinto dollar s,though all ar e of gr eatinter est. Insome casesthe origina lpenny was invested, andthenturnedover and over . This is aninstance

Withthe origina l centI boughtsome darning- cottonanddarnedstockings, some for a centa stocking, butmostofthemfor a centa hole. Ithenboughtthread and crocheted some lace which I sold for z5 cents. I hammerl

1 44 Howthe P ennies G r ew.

two aprons for 5 cents apiece, and sometowels for one centapiece. Afterwa rd, I boughtanother ca rd Of darning- cotton. After paying forthethreadand cotton, I have leftthe sumof one dOlIa r .

—PHEBE .

R osie, whobroughtin says nothingabouther penny, buttellshowshe earnedmoney, as: “

Hitchinguphorse for grandpa, 1 d cents ;toppingcar rots, 1 2 cents ; keepingthe fowls Offthe wheat, z5 cents ; sweeping,1 7cents," etc. , allshowinghonest, hardwork. Butthe penny sta rted itall,Perhaps

Her e is Nellie s, with anidea init“Withmy penny I boughta penand holder , and sold itfor 1 0 cents. I

duga pailful of potatoes for 3 cents, andmended a hole ingrandpa’

s sock

for one cent. Ithenboughta little chickenfor 5 cents, and letitgrowintoa bigchicken, and sold itfor 36 cents,makingatota l of 50 cents.

Well done for Nellie!Only onemor e ofthese cha rming little paper s canwe give infull,though

we should loveto have our little r eader s see every one ofthem.

The fir stthing I didwithmy penny , Imade some edgingwhich I soldfor 1 0 cents ;thenI sewed itonfor 5 cents, whichmade 1 5 . Thenmammasaid If I killed 1 5 flies she wouldgiveme a ,penny, and so I earned 1 4 centsinthatway . ThenI had 29 cents . Ithentook away 25 cents and boughtsome ice- cream, and sold itfor 8 cents a dish, and received 48 cents for it.Now I had 52 cents. ThenItook 8 cents away fromitfor some linen, and4 cents for some br aid, with which Imade some lace and solditfor 70 cents,which leaves me ThenI sold some flowers for 1 4 cents,making

This is whatI didwithmy penny .

—LIBBIE .

”

F reddie and Tusia, little brother and sister of Libbie, did

wel l withtheir pennies. Tusie incr eased her sto 35 cents, while F r eddie’sgr ewto48 cents. Each ofthese little people gather ed allthe stringtheycould findandmade itupinto ba lls, whichthey sold.

“Meda ”made a r uche for gr andma, crocheted lace, and speculated inbutter , gaininginall66 cents.

Davie,”Meda ’

s brother , found a generous customer ingr andpa,whoboughta pen- holder andthengave itbackto be sold over again. D avie

also speculated inta llow, and increased his pennyto 50 cents.

Helen invested ina pennytablet, sold itfor 3 cents, and cr eptupbydegreestotheplace where she could buy material for anapronwhich she

sold for 35 cents . She made another apron and atidy, and clear ed 55

cents .

Lulu boughta penny r ubber and sold itfor 2 cents, boughtdarningcotton, pins, cloth for apron, etc. , and increased her pennyto 50 cents .

The pennies have beengrowing, andthatis good. Butlove has beengr owingtoo, inthese younghea rts, andthatis better !Maythe “WillingWorker bandsmultiply allover our greatland!

8. 8. ADVOCATI .

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21 2 E xtr acts f r omLetter s—Civil R ights in Court.E!TR ACTS PR OMLETTER S .

"Enclosed findmy draftfor forthe goodwork doingamongthe

F reedmen. For nothingdo I give moneymore cheer fullythanforthe advancementofthatrace.

“The earnestplea ofMr . Pond for helpinhis Ca lifornia Chinese work

was broughttothe notice of our Chineseteachers yesterday . We wouldhereby pledge you fifty dol lar s. His work mustnotstop. Wouldthatwecoulddomoretowards its support. Would,too,thatwe could have one ofhis earnestChristianChinese worker s inour owncity.

”

I have justbeenreadingthe June number oftheMrss1omtav , anddowhatI canatthistimetowardpayingthe debt. I amspecia l ly impressedbythe extractfromMr . Pond’

s letter , and shal l be pleased if you see fittoassignthe enclosedto his work. However , pleaseto use itatyour diseretioninany way.

“I have beenableto do so little for your society of latethatithas beena

grieftome, butas I aminreceiptof a littlemoney I send you as athank ofiering. May itdo a little forthe causemy husband andmyselfhave had somuch atheart. With bestwishes and prayer s for your ch asmsuccess.

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R ev. C. J . R yder writesAfterthe work ofthe Associationhadbeenpresented ina comparatively

smal l church near Boston,the pastor arose, andwith earnestness and deepfeelingsaid, Whatare we goingto do aboutit? Sha l l we letthis gr eatwork be delayedbecause of our inaction? Letus nowtake a collectionofone hundreddollars! This seemed animpossiblethingto dotothe visitingSecretary . They broughtback inthe bags one hundred andtendollar s,the extra collectionofthis comparatively smal l church!Itmakes a heapof difierence whetherthe pastor fol lowsthe Secreta ry's

address with such cordial and enthusiastic endor sementor not. I amgladtotestifythatthere is a good dea l ofthis cordial cc-operationonthe partofpastor s inNew England.

CIVIL R I G HTS IN COU R T .

Dur ingthe Nationa l Council atChicago,three year s ago, R ev. S. P.

Smith, a delegate fromKnoxvil le, Tenn. ,applying for a dinner ata restau

rant, was r efused service. He prosecutedthe propr ietor . A jury inOmicago has justgivenhima verdictof $ 1 3 5 damages. The defence asked

for a newtria l onthe groundthatthe judge had prejudicedthe jury by hisinstructions ;the judgedeniedthemotion, statingthatif he hadbeenonthejury hewould havemadethe fine $500. The defence is seekinga compromise, withthethr eatened alternative of anappeal . Mr . Smith, standing forthe principle, wil l abidethe final actofthe court.

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TIMHAKA TA IVAN G ELI .

We are very proud ofthis book as beingthe firstliterary productioninanAfricanlanguage of one of our graduates atthe South,the R ev . B. F .

Ousley, nowofthe EastCentr a l AfricaMission. The missionar iestherehave already reducedthe languageto wr iting, having formed a vocabularyof overthr eethousandwords, and fromithave pr inted a fewbooks. Amongthem, isthe one whosetitle appear s above. Itis atr anslationof “

The

Story ofthe Gospel,” ina little volume oftwo hundred and six pages. We

have read itwith gr eatinterestso far as we have beenableto understandits dialect. Withinour comprehensionwe find Jesu,the one word inall

languages for allpeople, Simone Petro, Jobane,Marta,Maria, and Lazaruandmany other such proper names. We congratulate our youngpeople atthe Souththatso soonthey have a repr esentative per formingsuch literarywork forthe people of Africa . Much of such work seems drudgery, butitisnecessaryto openingthe lightof lifetothe people who sitindarkness. A

bookletinthe same language gives a catechismand some ofthe songs ofthegospel,tenofwhich aretranslations byMr . Ousley of some ofthe dea restofthegospel songs .

TH E S O U T H .

W HAT I POU ND IN THE CUMBE R LANDMOU NTAINS .

BY O. W.MI LTON.

First. There are livinginthismountaincountrytwomillions of whitepeople, until r ecently isolated from, and untouched by,the civilizationofwhich we ar e so proud. No centennia l anniver sary commemoratestheirgrowth inwealth and intellect. Astheir fathers lived, so until recently, havethey. One hundredyear s have witnessedbutlittleprogress, almostnochange,intheir condition. The openfire place,the spinning-wheel andthe homespunjeans are familiar sights. Forgottenbythe r estofthe wor ld,they, inturn, forgetthatbeyondthesemountainpeaks,markingthe limitof viewand

genera l lythe limitof interest, a nationhas pressed forwardtotake its placeamongthe foremostofthe ea rth . And yetno color line has excluded, noreservationboundary sepa rated,this people fromtheir fellow countrymen.Their lack of energy andthe stagnationoftheir minds, isthe explanationofthis conditionofthings.

Secondly . I foundthismountainpeople naturally American; indeepestsympathy with our fr ee government; loyaltothe old flaginthe hour of itsgreatestdanger ; fighting, suffering, dying,thatthe Unionmightbe pr eser ved.

Toone who has spentany length oftime onour westernpr airies settled so

largely with anemigrantpeople,the greatdifference betweenthe American

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bornand educatedpeople ofthemountains, andthe natur alized Americanofthe prairie, constantly emphasizes itse lf. Her e no new language hastobe acquir ed, nonew formpf governmentunder stood. A common inter est.a commonsympathy, amother country , binds one atoncetothis people asitnever cantothe Amer icanimportationwhich is found atthe West.Thirdly. I found homes and a home life, or ratherthe wantof it, which

one would hardly be lieve possible among a white populationinthis country .

The followingillustrations are cor rectrepr esentations ofwhatI foundtobeaver agemountaincabins. Seldomdothey containmor ethantwo, oftenonlyone, room. A singlewindow, anopenfir e-place, and a fewhome-made articlesof furniture, comprisethe whole. The home is begunwhenits founder s areyetchildren. Ignorantandpoor ,the boy has took up withthe gir l, anditmay bethey ar e lega lly mar r ied. A building-bee is announced, a littlecabinerected, a fewpigs boughtor given, a fewtr ees girdled, some corn

planted, inso cr ude and shiftless a waythatevenanIndian, inhis fi r stattempts atfarming, wouldbe ashamedto ownit, and home life is begun.Intothis home of poverty and ignorance comethe children. The familiesar e large—eight,ten,twelve, and sometimes mor e . Themother istoo ignotanther selfto instruct, and had shethe ability, neithertime nor str ength

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the church , and intellectua lly little inadvance ofthe people. Theytakepride inthe factthat“ These yer home- spun jeans have never br ushednodustfrom03 no college wa lls,” and exultantly declarethatT he Lordtaughtme howto preach : andwhenthe Lordteaches a manhowto preach.youmay justreckonhe don'tmake nomistakes.

”

Onevery hand, I found indicationsthatthe day of isolation forthispeople is rapidly passingaway . Y ankee inquisitiveness has discoveredthatthesemountains a re full ofthe bestcoal and iron—Northerncapita l hasalready begunto stripthemoftheir rich forests of black wa lnut, oak and

pine. The r iver s a r e car ryingthese logs bythethousandstothe immensemil ls, which inturnar emakingthe largetowns,toward which a lreadytherailroad is hastening.

Engineeringskill is bridging str eams, crossing valleys, climbingmountains or piercingthemthrough . Onevery handwe seethe change. F romtheir long sleepof a century ,these valleys,these homes,this whole peopleare awakening. A new life is beginning, a new future, opening.

And as a r esultof allthis, I found a field of missionary work, whichfor opportunity andneed has perhaps no equa l inour country . Amidstallthis change, a people. sta rtledfromtheir longseparation, findthemselves sud

denly calledto face,to compete with,to become a partof, our life, our in.tellectualadvancement;tomovewith our energy , andwor k with our skill.R ealizingtheir weakness, suddenly rousedbytheir necessity,they ar e send

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ingacrosstheir valleys andovertheirmountainstheMacedoniancry, Comeover and helpus!" Our dutytothis people, whether we look atitfromthe sundpointofthe Christianorthe citizen, is beyondthe measur e of

words.

Her e, as everywhere inthe South, I foundthatthe AmericanMissionaryAssociation, as representative of our NorthernChristiansympathy, was atwork. Its norma l schools, fittingteacher sto go outand displacethe barefooted, ignorant, snufi - stick- chewing school mistr esses ; its churches, fittingmother s and father sto enter upontheir duties conscious oftheir r esponsibility ; and its missionaries, bringing inanintel ligentChristian life, anddrivingthe cur se ofthe country—intemper ance—outofthe home, community andth e county , ar ethusmeetingthe need, and answeringthe cry, andfulfillingthe obligations. Below is a cutof one ofthe buildings oftheAcademy atWilliamsburg, Ky . , recently erected amongthese people.

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W ILLIAMSBU R G ACADEMY,KY .

I found one worker wher ethe field ca l led for a dozen; one school wherewe should havetwenty ; one church where we should have a hundr ed; onescholar r eceived into anover - crowded school house, whenits door s shouldopento scor es . I found onemissionary with nine organized churches onhis

hands, and hethe only pastor ;the extr emes of his parish beingseventy - five

miles apart.And lastly, onreturningto NewY ork, I found anempty, a wor sethan

empty, a debt-burdenedtreasury, forbiddingalladvancementinthis field.

Anniver sa r y E xer cises .

PIBK U N IVER S ITY , NASHVILLE . TENN .

avmemes shoal -unito. .1 . ma .

Fisk Univer sity fills a la rge place inthe educationa l institutions oftheSouth , and commencementweek occupies animportantplace inthe collegeyear atFisk.

Whenthe inhumancasteprejudice passes away,the Congr egationalists ofthe North will discoverthe encouragingfactthatthe AmericanMissionaryAssociationhas plantedCongregationalisminthe Southto stay. Fisk U niver sity and other such institutions. filled asthey will be by youngmenofevery class and color , will be strongholds of our NewTestamentfaith and

polity . Such a Commencementas was obser ved atFiskthis year doesmuchtobringaboutthatblessed day. This Commencementweek, beginning Thursday, June sixth, and closingthe eveningof Junetwelfth, wascrowdedwith literary andmusical exercises of high order . PresidentE .M. Cravath, D .D . , deliveredthe baccalaureate semen,takingfor his subject,Buildingonthe R ock.

”Itwas a sermonof greatpower . R ev. D r . G r ay,

a Southern Episcopa l clergyman, pr eachedthe missionary sermon. OnThur sday evening, came The Senior Preparatory Exhibition.

"OnJune

seventh ,tenth and eleventh,the various class examinations were held, andinthe eveningof F ridaythe seventh,the anniversary exercises ofthe LiterarySocietieswer e given. There ar eth ree healthy and vigorous societies atFisk,and itwas difi culttotel l which ofthethree gavethe bestevidence ofthesuperior qua lity of its drill, inthe exercises presented.

The Norma l Departmentgr aduated a class of four , each presenting anessay . R ev. C. W. Hiatt, of Cleveland, Ohio, deliver edthe address attheclose ofthe exercises ofthe norma l department,taking for his subjectEarnestLiving,” andthe address was spokenof with high appreciationbythosewho heard it.The gr aduatingexercises ofthe Collegiate Departmentwer e of unusual

inter est. Ther e was nota poor orationor essay presented. The breadth oftraininggiventothe students atFisk was especially noticeable inthe widerange of subjects selected.

The anniver sary ofthe AlumniAssociationgave evidencethatthe gr aduates of Fisk a retruetothe instr uctionofthatinstitution, whentheytakeuptheir work inthewor ld. Sixty - sevenhave graduated fromthis institu

Slr aighl Univer sity .

of his connectionwith it. The numbe r of students has increased from3 03to 427, instructor s from9to 1 8 . Inthistime,theologica l graduates h ave

passed from7to 28, andnorma l from1 8to 64The alumni dinner was partaken of with relish by graduates and ia

viredguests, and afterthe physica l manhadbeen r efreshed aninte l lectua lfeastwas spread. O lder gr aduatestestifiedtotheir indebtednesstotheCollege which by one , quotingthe words of another , was saidto be “

de

mainspring ob dc fly wheel ob dc whole conjunction.

”Visiting fr iends

spoke oftheir interestand satisfactioninthe work ofthe school, and D r s

Beard and Haygood, with appreciative and hopeful words, fittingly closedthe festivities.

OnThur sday night, D r . A . G . Haygood, Secretary ofthe Slater F und,the steadfastfr iend ofthe blackman, gave anaddress. His eloquence, witand earnestness held a large audience inclose attention for mor ethanan

hour , and he leftwiththemmuchmatter forthought.Teachers andpupils have nowsaidgood-bye andcol lege ha l ls a re vacant,

butthe work ofthe yea r will bea r fruitas scores of students go outtothelabors of vacationinthe da rk andneedy districts ofthe South .

STR A I G HT U N IVE R S ITY NEW OR LEAN S , LA .

BY PR ESIDENT B. O. HITCHCOCK.

The interestshownbythe public inthe annualexer cises ofthis schoolincr eases each yea r , and forthose ofmore gener a l nature itis quite impossibleto obtaina roomla rge enoughto accommodatethe audiencethatassembles.

The baccalaureate sermonwas preached onSunday nightby PresidentHitchcock atCentr al Church . OnMonday night,the Sumner and PhilomatheanLiterary Societies andthe Band ofMercy heldtheir anniver sa rymeeting, and listenedto a very inter esting lecture on Life ata GermanUniver sity,” by R ev . G . W. Hender son. Wednesday night, camethe an

nual concertand exhibition. This has fortwo orth ree years gradua l lytakenmore andmor ethe char acter of anexhibitofthe gymnastic exercises.

singing, etc. , fromeach gr ade, andwith so large a school , gives a longprogramme ; butsince people here have learnedthatatStraightUnive rsity,whenthe appointedtime comesthe exer cises begin, every spotwher e a chair

couldbe putinanaisle, or a footstand, besides allthe pews both be lowand

inthe spacious ga l leries of Centr a l , one ofthe largestchurches inthe city,was occupied atthe momenta ssigned for opening, andthe attentionwasgrand untilthe very last.OnThur sday night,the A lumniAssociationmetatthe Univer sity Chapel

for electionof officer s, adjourning latertothe par lor s for a socia lmeeting.

These Alumnimeetings groweach year innumber s, interestand importance.

Paper s were r eadby sever a lmember s,the usua l history, prophecy andpoemwere given, r emarks were made by Other s and some good music was ren

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dered.Many who could notcome sentinteresting letter s . F riday nightwasthegr eatoccasion. The crowdwas no lessthanonWednesday night,andthatsuch anaudience should sit, giving close attention, from totothe orations and essays ofthe gr aduates, with no signof weari

ness, wastome a wonder fulthingand showed a deepandheart- feltinterest,inthe community, for Christianeducation, which is grandly encour aging.

Two ofthe graduates were fromMexico, one fromMississippi, one fromPlaquemines Pa rish, one fromBatonR ouge and five fromthis city,the proportionfromthe city being largerthanusua l .Members ofthe Trustee Board and other s who have hea rdthese ex

ercises for many yea r s, withouthesitationpronouncethemas a whole farbetterthanthose of any pr evious year . Itis certainthateach yea rthere isshownamar ked advancementingenera l intelligence and cultur e, and inthedepth and ar rangementofthought. The venerable Judge Whittaker , whoseldomleaves his home atnight,was onthe platform, and atthe close ofthevaledictory, which was givenby Leonidas Burbridge, of G r eenville,Miss.

,

he jumped fromhis chair , seizedthe youngmanbythe hand and expressed

hiswonde r andgratificationatallhe had heard and seen, sayingthatinallhis fifty yea r s of life inNewOr leans he had seennothingthatso fi led hisheartwith emotions of astonishmentandjoy .

I neglectedto speak ofthemeeting on Sunday morning,May 26th, ofthe Col lege Y .M. C. A. , which has had a very prosperous year . The As

sociationwas addressed byMr . F red S. Hitchcock onY .M. C. A. work inthe gr eatcities, andbyMr . Per ry onCollege Y .M. C. A. work. The yea r

has beena good one, notwithstandingmany adverse circumstances. The

establishmentof a regula r graded cour se of study, fromthe lowestprimarygradestothe col lege, and close adherenceto such cour se a re being feltmoreandmor e each year . Morethanhalfthe graduates ofthis yea r begantheireducationinthe school, and allinterested ar e proud ofthem. There is all

alongamarked difference betweenthose who have cometh rough our own

primary schools and other s equa lly capable who have hadno systematicear lytraining. Forthe fir sttime sincethe cour se of study was adopted,every classthis yea r hasthoroughly completedthe work assigned, and inmostcases r eviewed it.The State has beenina conditionof greatexcitementduringmostofthe

year , nea r ly one- ha lfthe parishes beingunder a complete reignofter ror ,and ithas beena fr equentthingto see one of our students fromthe country, especially fromthe southernpa rishes, intear s inconsequence ofthe intelligence of some friend, father or brother perhaps, havingbeenthe victimofsome dasta rdly outr age fromthe regulator s.

”Ta les of sor rowand suffer

ingcould easily be gatheredto fill volumes . Iberia, Ter rebonne and La

fayette pa rishes have beenespecia lly noted as underthis reignofter ror , andfromthese we havemany pupils. Thr ee sister s of Sammy Wakefield, whowas shotatNew lber ia, a re inour school, andmany other s closely connected

222 LeMayne Norma l Institute—A ver y Institute.

with sufiering families. Ithas beenvery difficultforthe colored peopletogeta living, andthe sacrificestheymaketo keepthe childreninschool a r ewonder ful.

LEMOY NE NORMAL IN STITU TE ,MEMPH I S , TENN .

37 nor . A. J. stu ns .

Another year haspassed inthe history of our work atLeMoyne Institute, and its eighteenth anniver sa ry has beencelebratedwiththe gr aduationof a class of eleven, andthetenth r eunionof analumniassociationnumberingsome seventy five members. R ecalling sixteenyear s of experience inconnectionwiththis work, I canfix uponscarcely a single eventor cir cumstancethathas notbeenmadeto conducetothe advancementof our workand influence inthe community, and lookingover r esults inall directions,they have surpassedthe dreams and expectations ofthemosthopeful.

The year pasthas beena r emarkable one inour history . Our attendancehas var ied little fromfour hundredpupils inallgr ades ofthetwelve yea r s ’

course, while our enrollmentforthe yea r has r eachedfive hundred andtwenty difierentpupils.

Every interestofthe school has beenprospered andgreatly blessed andstr engthened. The utmostharmony and ea rnestness has ma rkedthe workofthe year , both amongteacher s and pupils. D uringthe pastsession, asmany as sixty of our pupils have sta rted outinthe Christianlife, givingevidence of change of heartandanearnestpurposeto live for Christand Hiswork inthe wor ld. We rejoice overthismorethanover all other r esults ofour year

’

s work.

The whole spiritandtone of our work has beensuchthatevenourtr ialsand losses, fromfi re and frombreaks inour working force, have seemedtobeturnedtomeans of blessingand sources of str ength . Ourtria ls anddifficulties have beento us opportunities. We look forwa rd hopeful lytothefutur e, as we lookthankful ly backtothe past.Our partially destroyed building, fromthe fi re ofMarch 3d, is r ebuilt

and greatly improved. We hope our corps of instructor s, so uniformlyfaithful inthe discharge of duty, may r emainunbroken,the same forthecoming year .

Atthe close oftheterm,the promotions were made inallgr ades bytheprincipal, andthe pupils giventhe formsthey a r eto occupythe comingyear . Intruth ,the formal Commencementforthe yea r wasmade attheclose ofthis session. E very pupil knows exactly his grade and place, andfewwill be absentatthe opening, October fir st.

AVE R Y IN STITU TE , CHA R LE STON , S . C .

Anniversary week ofthis Institute is a lways anoccasionofthe deepestinteresttothe color ed people of Char lestonand vicinity andthose whosucceed inobtainingtickets of admissionto Avery Hall considerthemselves

224 Childr en'

s D ay .

Mr . Hamiltonstarts ofi with over fifty pupils inSunday andday school, andhopes soonto havemember s enough sothathe cantake stepsto ca ll a councilandorganize a church . The breth renof Alabama a re greatly encour agedbythismovement. Heretofore we have had no church or school betweenMontgomery andMobile, one hundred and eighty miles . Nowthe distanceis divided, Alco standingabsuthalf way betweenthetwo places.

CH ILDR EN'

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The 9th of June lastwa s a grandday forthe youngpeople inthe Fir stCongregationa l Church atChattanooga. The church wastastefully decoratedwith appropriate Scripturemottoes, choice evergreens, beautiful flower s andsweetsingingcanaries. There was presenta large number of adults and a

larger number of clean, sweet, hopeful children, and many laughing,cooing babes inthe arms oftheir Christianpar ents, who like faith fulHannah and goodMar y of old, had broughttheir babestothe house of

G odto pr esentthemtothe Lord. Afterthe r endering of a beautifulvolunta ry bythe organist,the whole congr egation joined in singingthatgrand hymn, Holy, holy, holy, Lord G odAlmighty!” The pastorth enread a few passages of Scr ipture selected forthe occasion, giving a shortcommentonthe same, andprayed for God’

s blessingonthe young. Wh ilethe congr egation joined heartily in singing,“Heavenly Father , send T hy

blessing, OnThy childrengathered her e," Christianpar ents who desir edtopresenttheir ofispringtothe Lord, having beeninvited, came forwardand stood beforethe alta r withtheir little ones intheir arms. Six brighteyed, innocentbabes were. onthe faith oftheir believing parents, conaccratedto G od inthe Ch ristianordinance of infantbaptism. Itwas amostbeautiful, pleasingand impressive service.

After singing, Takemy life and letitbe, Consecr ated, Lord,toThee,the pastor invited allchildren, ca llingthemby name,whower etenyear s ofage and hadbeenbaptized inthe church wheninfants,to come forward.

The church ,then,through its pastor , ata costoftwenty -th ree dolla r s, presentedto each child, (nineteeninnumber ) a beautiful, well -bound copy ofthe Bible, withthe followingwr ittenonthe fly leaf: This Bible was presentedto bythe Fir stCongregational Church atChattanooga, incommemorationof his infantconsecrationto G od ather sacred a ltar , byhis Christianparents. John

Aftertakinga col lectionoftendollar s andtwenty - four cents fortheCongregationa l Sunday - school and Publishing Society, we sang G od be

with youtil l we meetagain," andthe benedictionwas pronounced. Thus,

a very interesting and wetrustprofitable service of an hour andtwentyminutes was ended.

Letter fr omMiss Collins . 225

TH E IN D IAN S .

LETTER PR OMMIS S COLLINS .

Nofacts inthis field canbe ofmore interesttothe r eader s oftheMISSIONAR Ythanthose contained inthe followingth r illing accountofthe conver sionofthr ee youngIndians inMiss Collins’missionfield. We givethe facts as wr ittenbythis self- sacrificingmissionary .

LastSabbath,Mr . R iggs came up fromOahe andwe had communion,andthere were five childrenbaptized and sevengrownpeople, and sevenmore were examined and advisedtowaittillthe next' communion. Itwas amostinter esting season.

Three ofthe youngmenwer ethe leader s inthe Indiandance. Theyhave always beenthe head ones inallIndiancustoms. A yea r ago, one ofthemsaid inthe dancethathe should followthe Indiancustoms a year

longer—give himself uptothemwholly andtrytobe satisfied, and if he hadinhis heartthe same unsatisfied feeling,the same longing,thathethenhad,he shouldthrowitallaway.

Oh lastNewY ea r ’s day,the same youngman, HuntingtonWolcott,cametome and said LastnightI arose inthe dance andtoldthemthatI hadgiventhe old customs andthe old Indians a fairtrial, andthattheydidnotsatisfy, now I should leavethemforever and give myselfto God,andif any other s wer e rea dyto followto arise and somake itknown. The

othertwo leader s arose, stood silently a momentand walked out. " F romthattimethey have giventhemselves upto singtng, praying and studyingthe Bible . They had, fortwo year s, beenha lting betweentwo opinions,attendingthe school, church, etc. , andthe Indian feasts and dances,too.

Thesethr ee having come outso boldly onGod'

s side, has made a greatchange inour work her e.

Poor old R unning-Antelope feels very sad. Itis his desireto keeptheyoungmenfromlearning Christianity and civilization as long as he can.

He wantsthemto have everythingincommon, andto feelthatfor anindividualto accumulate anythingis a disgrace. As long asthey feel so, ofcourse squa lor and sufferingwill bethe natura l consequences.

The youngmenare workinghardto build uphomes andto accumulatesomething fortheir families duringthe winter . One youngmanhas cutlogsand is building a house. Itrytoteachthemthatlong prayer s and loudsingingis notallof Christianity—thathowever regular ly aman attendstohis church duties, if he failstoprovide for his family, his religionis vainand if he gives allhis goodsto his friends and lets his wife and childr encryfor bread,thattheir cries wil l reachthe ear s of G od, and his pr ayer s andhymns wil l be lostinthis round of wailingofthe hungr y. Allthis is very

difierentfromtheir old Indiandoctrine and hardto under stand.

Elias, our nativeteacher , has formed a class of youngmenwhomeet

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every Tuesday nightandta lk and pray and singtogether , and he dir ectstheirthought. Ithink itwill prove very helpful . ThenonThursday nightI havemy Bible class, which nownumbers abouttwenty. Itis formed ofthe youngmenandwomenwho wishto follow Christ’s example, and bandthemselvestogetherto learnof him. Ithas beenthetr aining r elics!oftheyoungChristians.Whatcould be more encour agingthansuch facts asthese ? AnIndian

unattendedby any white person, dissatisfiedwiththe religionof his father s ,walks outof heathenism outof sympathy and connectionwith histribe ;outofthe religionand customs of his father s and intothe customs of civilised life, intothe Kingdomof our Lord Jesus Christ! Inthe words ofthatquaintold Negro hymn, letthosewho so ea rnestly desirethe conver sionofthe Pagans inAmerica exhortone anotherto Pray on: Pray on.

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THE R AMONA INDIAN S CHOOL .

BY DIN O? SECR ETAR Y Joe. I . 307.

This is a depa rtmentofthe Univer sity of NewMexico atSanta F é,occupyingsepa rate buildings and a separ ate loca lity, and managed bytheAmericanMissionary Association. A recentvisittothe school itmay be

worth whileto report. Itis forthe Apache Indians andthe youth who a r e

gather ed into itar e ofthe Jiccar rilla band. Their reser vationis abouttwohundredmileswest, andis r eachedby railroador by ponytransportation. T heteacher s deemitbetterto havethe school some distance fromthe people so

astomake its impressionthe more positive, and yetnear enough forth epa rentsto visittheir childrenoccasiona l lywhile atschool . This keeps uptheinterestand preventsthe children frombeing educated away fromth eirelder s. Two good sized buildings a re used. Inonethere arethe sch ool

rooms,the accommodations fortheteachers, andthe lodgings forth eboys. Inthe other , under a matron,there are lodgings forthe gir ls, wo r krooms forthe same, andthe boa rding depa rtmentfor all. The Indian

gir ls dothe cookingforthe establishment. I sawthemgettingdinner and I

sawmany loaves of beautiful white breadmade bythem. Intheir wo r kshoptheymaketheir ownclothes. The boys, underthe lead ofthe principal, Prof. E lmore Chase, work atcobbling,making ditches and cultivatingthe soil, and a lso do something with carpenter ’stools. The Governmentpays over a hundreddollar s a year for each studenttowardthe expense of

board, clothes, etc. The AmericanMissionary Associationappointsth eteachers anddirectsthe school . The scholar s,thirty inall, havemade ve r y

cr editable progress intheir studies, consideringthe shorttimethe schoolh asbeeninoperation, fromthreeto four year s. Prof. Whipple, nowof WhoatonCollege,who for atimewasprincipal ofthe R amona,testifies: I never sawonanaverage such aptness, docility and faithfulness inschool and industr ial

228 MChinese Wor k.

inthe chur chto-mor row. Please givemy loveto allmy people. I amgoingto say

good-bye. F romyour lovingsister , Inna BAxcnor -r .

BAuomtScsocL, SAu'

r A Fit. NewMmoc .

April1 2, 1 889. f

I amvery gladthatyou are working;thatis justwhatI wantyouto do. Y ou

mustbuilda house for your children, and you willhave apieceto stay whentheweath ergets cold. And every body mustbuild houses forthemselves ;thatis justwhatth eG overnmentwants allof youtodo, becausethatis rightand everybodythinksthatitis right, andthey wer e very much pleased whenyou do so. I amvery gladthata llmy folks are wellandhappy if allof you ar e happythenI amhappytoo. Y our lette rpleasesme verymuch . Andyoumustdo justwhatMr . Bishopasks youtodo. Y ou

mustnotdo like Other mendothatdon’tbuild houses ;they justr un03 fromth eR eservationand go hunting and sell allthethingsthatthe Governmentgivesthem.

Y oumustnotdothatbecausethatis wrong, notright. MissMoore willtell you wh atI sayto you. Write another letter if you havetime, if you don’thavetime, why justgo onand finish all your springworkthenyou come after me whenschoolis out; ifyou don

’twantto comethenyou send somebody after me.

Y our lovingson, Jass: G amma .

The writer ofthis letter has attended schooltwo and a ha lf yea r s, spendingone- half day inschool each day and working half a day. He is nowfourteenyear s old.

T H E C H IN E S E .

OR OV ILLE ,MAR Y SVILLE ,

avm. w. o. r oan, D.D.

Ear ly onMondaymorning, June 1 7th, I lefthome for a visitto our missions atOroville andMarysville . I r eached Orovil le ataboutme . A s

soonas possible I wa s attheMissionHouse, wher e wa rmestgr eetings fromteacher andpupils awaitedme . The lessons ofthe evening r eceived our

firstattention, for itis a pr inciple with usthateach scholar sha ll haveth eEnglish lessonpromised him, whoevermay be presentandwhatever else wemay desireto do. This isthe demand of good faith, andnotless of goodpolicy . Itisthe English lessonthatholdsthemwher ethe gospel canreachthem, sothatthis wemustnever forego.

Whenallthis was accomplished,those who could read with compar ativeease were gathered aboutatable for a sortof Bible r eading, which I proposedtogivethem, inthe fifteenth chapter of Luke. This wasthemanne rof it: One ofthemr eadthe fir stver se, being helpedoverthe hard words,thenI explained itinas simple English as I could command;thenthereadertranslatedboth itandmy explanationinto Chinese. each other pupilkeepingwatchto see whether whatwas said expressedthe ideas which hehad received fromme. Atthistime, we weremuch aidedbythe cc- opera

The Chinese Wor k. 229

tionof Y ongJin, our missionary helper , whosetranslations I coulddependuponquite confidently , butI oftengivethese readings withoutsuch help,feelingquite surethatif six or eighthave receivedthe some idea,they havereceivedthe one Imeanttogive. Whenwe had finishedthe fir stver se, asecond pupil r eadthe second ver se withthe same method, and so on.

Some feltunequaltothetask oftranslating, butmostwere willingtotry,andmostwhotried succeeded strangely well . I had intendedto followthiswith a fewwords of exhortation, butjustas we readthe lastver se, Y ongAck ar rived. This is a brother whowas converted abouta year ago. His

daily work isthatof a cook ina way - side inn, aboutsix (some said eight)miles fromOroville. He has beenaccustomedto walkthis distance, over arough and dusty road,to attend, notoftenthe school. butthe religious services of ourmission. He canseldomreachtheMissionHouse before nine,butthemeetingsbeginwhenhe a r rives and continuetill he is r eadyto startaway. Asthis brother wasto be baptized onthe following evening,theBible reading was suspendedwith a promise frommethatI would speak

fromthese wordsthe nextevening, andwe alladdressedour selvesto a studyofthe Confessionand Covenantof our little Chinese Church atOroville. Itwastakenup clause by clause, r ead inEnglish, explained,translated intoChinese, and still further explained,till Y ong Ack inparticular , and ina

general way allthe r estofthem, professedto understand and believe itall.Whenthis was finished, we were wel l ontowa rds xx P.M. , andwe closedthemeetingwith songandprayer .

The day fol lowingwas variously occupied, butinthe eveningwe wer eallattheMissionHouse again. The lessons were given, andthenthetablewas spr ead forthe celebrationofthe Lord's Supper . Thencamethe preaching,with Y ongJininterpreting, sentenceby sentence. Thetopic—the Shepherdseekinghis lostsheep, followedbythe story ofthe prodigal son. One couldnothave askedamor e attentive audience. The pr esence andwork oftheSpiritwere unmistakable. Atlength , a little after nine, Y ongAck appeared.

He had been overthatroadthreetimesthatday, and expected, beforemorningtogo over itagain. Buthe confessedno wear iness either by wordor bymanner . He was bright, wakeful, joyous. He confessed Ch r ist, wasbaptized, and was welcomed with gladnesstothe church, after which wegathered roundthetable ofthe Lord.

Wednesday and Thur sday were spentin and aboutMar ysvil le. BothOrovil le andMarysville are hard fields.

”Inboth ofthemgoodwork has

beendone indays past, butthe fruits fromthe seed sownhave beenwidelyscattered, sothatineach place butfew Christians r emain. Our ChineseChurch inMa rysville, some yea r s agowas reported—truthfully , I amsure—as

inproportionto its number s and itsmeans,the Banner Church ofthe country for its contributionto ForeignMissions . Butnowonly onemember , adeacon. resides inthe place. He is a cook atone ofthe hotels, and is uh

ableto leave his worktil l aboutP.M. , buthe “holdsthe fortsturdily,

230 The Chinese Wor k.

bravely . He is anathleticman, ful l of energy and courage, with, doubtless,some ofthe defects which usua l ly attendthese qualities, buthonest, ea rnest,consistent, determined.

The fir steveningwas a reproductionofthatatOroville,there beingalsoone believertobe baptized. Onthe second evening, inviewofthe Lord

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Supper andthe baptism, our good deacon, as soonas his work was done,was allabroad inChinatown. Squad a fter squad he brought, and seeingthemseated, wentoutafter .more. Whenaboutan, I commence dmy discour se,the roomwas packed. Oh, whatjoy itwas, whatinspir ation,to look intothose eyes fixed closely uponme, andtellthemofthe love of

God inChrist! Y ongJin's quick, animated interpretations ofmy sentenceswere notinter ruptions, butseemedto urge me on. I amsurethattheSpiritspoketh roughmeto some hearts, andthatI sha l l seethe fr uits ofthatseed- sowinginthe better wor ld. Afterthe mostcar eful and repeatedstatements asto whata partakingofthe bread andwine wouldmean. and astothe guiltofthose who should pa rtake wit/matmeaning whatthey did,

a goodly number , eightor nine. Ithink, who hadnever before consentedtobe recognized as Christians, didthus professthatthey received ChristasSaviour and Lord. They did itinthe sightand inthemidstof other s whodidnotdo it—did itwith a painstakingand anappar entdeterminationwh ichencour agesmy hopethatthey will hold fastand be led onto clearer lightandthe full day .

R eaching home on F riday noon, I started for Petaluma onSatur daymorning. Thateveningwas spentpartly attheMissionHouse preach ingthe word, andpartly atthe church preparing our pupils forthe partstheywer etotake inthe anniver sary exercises onthe following evening. Our

brother s, Jee Camand LemChung,were withme. I seethatI have a lr eadyexhausted my space and venture onlyto add,thatthis anniver sary ser

vice was one of deepinterest. The Congregationa l Church atwhich itwasheldwas crowded, auditor s standinginthe doors. Allthe exercises bythepupils were well rendered. The address by Ice G amandthe songs by LemChung seemedto win all hearts . The reportofthe year ’s work attheschool wasmore cheeringthanany we have beenableto make for yea r s ;the collectionamountedto aboutsixty - five dollar s, and lastandbestof all,the gospel work done by our Chinese brethrenattheMissionHousewasthemeans of leadingatleasttwo, heretofore undecided,totaketheir standclea r lyanddecisively as follower s of Christ.

Ina later letter , D r . Pond adds

Itseemsthatthr ee instead oftwo, as I have itinmy a rticle, wer e ledto confess ChristatPeta luma lastSunday. One other was almostper suaded,butsaid hemustfir stsend hometo Chinathe bones of his father . (Matt.8 :s Joe G amexplainedto himthathe coulddothatas a Cbn'

rtx’as ,withoutwor rlztpx’aghis father . Buthe couldnotbe per suaded. He is a very br ight

232 The Local SocietyLadies uponwhomthe duty devolvesto planand leadmissionar y meet

ings. wil l welcomethe suggestions inthe followingpaper byMr s . R ega l, Secr etary ofthe Woman’s HomeMissionary Unionof Ohio, which paper wa sread atthe recentAnnualMeetingofthe Officer s ofWoman’s State Or ganizations.

THE LOCAL SOCIE TY —ITSMEMBE R SHIP ANDMANA G EMEN T .

svm nous x. asou . . osmnr , euro.

The loca l society will a lways have its active and its passive member sh ip.

Howto incr easethe latter fromwithout, and howtotr ansfer r ecruits fromthepassivetothe active list, a re problemsthathavetaxedthe ingenuity of notafewand have notinfrequently beenabandoned as insoluble Ithas so longbeensaid, Thismissiona rywork a lways hastobe car ried onby a few,

”thatthe expr essionhas cometo have somethingofthe force of axiomatictr uthwhich , of cour se,no one dares assail. And sothemissionar y society lives on,decade after decade, with lessthana quarter ofthe womenofthe church on

its list, andofthatquarter notmor ethanone- fourth activemember s . H owto changethese conditions, isthe problemwhich confronts us .

I .—Ithas nota lways beenclear who should be included inthemembership, butwiththe broad scope givento our HomeMissionary Unions , itsauxilia ries should include

F ir st—Every womanwhothinksthatif she wer e livingonsome lonelyfrontier and had for yea r s heard no sermon, no public pr ayer , no songs of

praise, had no communionservice, no Christian fellowship, she wou ldwelcomethe homemissiona ry and allthe sweetinfluences ofthe Gospel.

Second—Every womanwhothinks we owe ittothe F reedwomanto putinto her life andhome something ofthe sweetness and pur ity of our own;tothe Indianwomana sympathetic effortfor her uplifting, inatonementfora

“Century of Dishonor .

"

Thir d— Every womanwhothinksthatif she, or her sister or daughter ,were heroic enoughto sha rethe labor s and sacrifices of a home missiona r y ,

she oughtto have some better placeto live inthananold grocery, a r oomover a sa loonorthe basementof a church .

F ourth—Every womanwhothinksthatif she were aninmate of aMormonhome shemightnothave gracetowelcomethe companionshipofthesecond,third ortenth womanwhomightbe sealed by celestia l mar r iagetoher husband.

Fifth—Every womanwhothinksther e are worthy youngmentryingtoprepa rethemselves for ministeria l or missiona ry work whose str uggle withpoverty oughtto be r elieved.

Sixth —Every womanwho wouldwelcome for her ownchildren, if shewereliving insome Godless community,the Sunday - school missiona ry andthebooks, paper s, lessonhelps,pr ayer s and Chr istiansongs whichmakethe Sunday - school a place of blessed influences .

ItsMember ship andManagement. 233

Ifther e be inany Christianchurch a womanwhowil l respondto none ofthese calls for ser vicetothe extentof amoderate annual member ship fee,sayt'wenty - five cents , she hasmissedthetrue importofthe Gospel and hasnever enter ed into itsmostblessed pr ivileges. Letus assumethatthere isno such, butthatrightly approached, every womanworthy a place inthechurch wil l be willingto enroll her self into atleastthe passivemember shipofthe loca l society .

II .—Themanagementofthis newmember ship, presumably uninformed,indifferent, possibly prejudiced, wil l r equir e familiar acquaintance with our

six benevolences, sympathy withthemall,much practica l wisdom, goodcour age, andthe spiritof I Corinthians, 1 3th chapter .The P rm’

o'mtmustdomorethanpr eside atthemeetings. Shemustplan

every detail ; mustknowbeforehandwhathymns, whatScriptur e lesson, whoshall lead insingingand inprayer , whatr eports, whatletter s, whatorigina lpaper s,whatselections,whatbusiness. Everythingmustbe car efully plannedandwrittendown, yetther emustbe witha l a certainamountof e lasticity ofmanagement, sothatthetimid questionmay be answer ed,the objection re

moved,the enthusiasmexpressed. The Presidentwil lwelcome stranger s andgreetthe diffidentandneglected. Shewill notbe surpr isedatseeinganybodyatthemeeting. Itwas reasonablyto be expected.

The Secr eta ry will do morethan keepthe minutes ofthe meetings.

She will notforgetthe proper public announcementofthe meetings and

will add special invitationsto such as may notfeelthemselves includedinthe genera l. She will send for such pr inted helps as a re needed for use.

She will filloutdistinctly andpromptly such blanks as areneeded for Conferrence, State or other R eports, and her quarter ly and annual r eports wil l behelpful fromtheir informationandtheir inspiration.

The Tr easur er will domor ethanpassively r eceive whatis broughtto herhands. She will seethatno one is over lookedwhena canvass is made forany object;thatpledges are redeemed;thatthe way is made easy forthepoorto give withoutemba rr assmentandthe r ich withoutostentation. She

willseethatallmoneys a re forwarded as designated andthatthey gothr oughthe State Tr emry .

Butthe highestqua lificationany loca l officer canpossess, isthe abilitytotransfer member s fromthe passivetothe active list. Some pr actica l hintstowardthis resultmaybe gathered fromthe followingsuggestionsAimatunity of effectfor eachmeeting. Make some one ofthe six benov

olencesthe subject, and center everything—Scr ipture, hymn, prayer , letter ,paper , lea flet, aboutthe singletopic. Suppose itbe“Missionsonour Westernfrontier . " Ask some ladytopr epar e a fifteenminutes' paper . Give outinadditionsix backnumbers ofthe HomeM'm‘

ona ryto asmany ladies, askingeachto selecta paragraph or shorta rticle bearingdirectly onthe subjectandwhich shethinks will, or oughtto, interestthemeeting. Letsever a l oftheseladies be chosenfromthe passive list—the diffidentor eventhe indifierent.

234 The Local SocietyInmakingtheir selections,they will per haps havemadetheir fi r stacquaintancewithmissionarymagazines andwill have learnedsomethingaboutthe heroismof our homemissionaries . Moreover ,they will have participated intheexercises. This, repeatedwith variations, will givethemcourageto spea k ,

and intelligentthoughtsto express. They a r e onthe shayto active pa rticipation.

‘

Crownthe exercises with a collection. The leader mustknowhowtokindle enthusiasmandputittothetangible proof.

The subjectforthe nextmeetingmay be some branch ofthe work ofthe AmericanMissiona ry Association, as IndianMissions in Dakota .

"

Assignto some one a paper , anhistorica l sketch . She will need booksfromthemissiona ry libr ary . Tenyear s amongthe Dakotas, andMa r yand I ; or , Life amongthe Sioux, (towhich she wouldneverthink of goingfor helpunless informedthatthe Dakotas and Sioux ar e one. ) She may

a lso sendtoMiss Emer son for further helps. Then, inaddition, give outback number s ofthe AmericanM'm’

ona rytotwo orthree passive ladies ,askingthemtomake shortselections concerning Indianmissions—or letone r ead Prof. G . F . Wright’s leafletIndianMissions as seenupontheground —andanother somemissionary’

s letter . Cal l outexpressions of interestinthe work—proofs of its success—etc.,and ask if we oughtnotto do

something for its support. Giveto everyone pr esenta smal l envelope withthe r equestthatitbe broughttothe nextmeetingwith a free will ofler ingfor Indianmissions.

The nextmeetingmay be devotedto Christianwork amongtheMormons," usingthe NewWestR eports," The Gleaner ,"newspaper extr acts ,missionary letter s and, if possible, havethe experience of some one who h a svisitedthe schools andthe homes of sin- cur sed Utah . Having awakened

deepinter est,the propositiontoprocure a lecture or amusica l entertainmentand devotethe proceedstothe NewWestCommissionwill probably findfavor andbe car ried onto success.

Forthe nextmeeting, choose another object. as Par sonage Building.

Distr ibute copies ofthe Chur ch BuildingQua rter ly andagainthe indispensableback number s of 775: HomeMissiona ry ,

and have extr acts readwhich showthe discomfort, andevendistr ess,which cometothe family ofthe homemissionary . Propose aid inthe formof a birthday ofler ing, inwhich ev e r y

member br ings inanenvelope asmany cents a s she is year sold. The r es ultmay be surpr ising.

For other objects other plans, butinevery casethe way should be pr epared for intelligentgiving.

Ithas sometimes resulted favorablyto secur e, atthe beginningofthe yea r ,pledges for some definite,wel l under stoodobject, as ateacher ’s ormissiona r y ’

s

sa lary, or a sha re inone, which shouldapparently butnotr ea lly exhaustth eresources ofthe society, and havethe payments made as ear ly inthe yea ras practicable. Thenpur sue intel ligentstudy ofthe other fields untilth etime is ripe for proposinggenerous aidtothe one which appea lsmoststrongly

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inthemembershipintel ligentinterestinthe six br anches of our wor k—tocultivate a spiritof libera litytowardthemall—to create ineverymember adesireto aidthemall. Only with such anaimeanthe local society achieve

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242 Asto “Methods —F iva Questions .

AS TO METHOD S .

We have beenthinkingthatthemethods of Ch r istwer e divine as wel l ashistr uth

,andthatwhenthe Ch r istianwor ld will use Ch r ist’smethods inthe propagationoftr uththe r e wil l be a gr eatadvance uponsome featur es

ofthe pr esent. D r . Pa rkhur sthas some ver y suggestive sentences inthisline ofthoughtin a sermonon The R egener ative For ce ofthe Gospe l . "His words a r e Ch r istneve r patches . The Gospel is nother etomendpeople . R egene r ationisnota scheme ofmor a ltinker ingand ethica l cobbling. Inthe Gospel , wemove into a new wor ld and unde r a new scheme.The Gospe l does notclassify with othe r schemes of amelior ation.

"

This accords with ourthoughtofthemethods of Ch r ist. The waytomeetthatwhich is wrong, istomeetitas a wrong. We shal l notdo we llto amelior ate it. If wemay notexpectthose who have been r aised

amidpr ejudices and ignor anceto be leade r s forthe absolute r ectitude ofthings,those who hav e notlived whe r ethis excuse is available should bethe leader s . If some do notlead,none will fol low. Whe r e pr inciples wer eatstake

, Ch r istneve r gave wayto pr ejudices . He never yieldedtothatwhich was initself wrong. I fthoseto whomheministe r ed couldnotcomeupto his standa rd

,then he waited, buthe neve r compromised. T hat

which is r ightshouldnotyieldtothatwhich is wrong.

Itmaytake a r ighthand. Itmaytake aneye . ButI fthy r ighth andoffendthee

,cutitoff

,and Ifthy r ighteye offendthee , pluck itout. He

wouldnot“ cutitoff by amputatingthe finger andgr adua lly disjointingituptothema r k andpluckingoutthe offendingeye isnotto bandage itsothatittempor ar ily does notseethe evilto which itis attr acted. No

,the

G ospel is nota systemof r epair s . Itis nothe r etotemporize, buttomakeallthings new,

and itstr ikes atthe hea rtof evil andnotatits sur face.

Itwas notCh r ist’s methodto ignor e an evil which confronted him.

He didnotevade or geta round issues . Hemetthem. H e answe r edthem.

He was an “inca rnate conscience inthe land. He knew whatwas in

man. His followe r s cannotfail whenthey wa lk closely with himinthepath which he hasmade plain.

rm QU E STIONS .

I .—I fthe Georgia Associationhad beenwithoutany color edmembe r s

init,wouldthe Georgia Confe r ence eve r have beenformed

2 .— I fthe Georgia Associationhad beenwithoutany color edmembe r s,

wouldthe G eorgia Confe r ence have declinedto unite with it, onsome oneofthete rms submittedbythe Georgia Association

3 .

—Ifthe Georgia Associationhadbeenwithoutany color edmember s,wouldthis cur ious and ingenious scheme of co- ordinate andequa l bodies,"to electdelegates to visiteach othe r now andtheneve r have beencon

cocted

Mid- Summer Leaf of A .MA . Catechism. 243

4.

- Is itworth whileto darken counsel with words asto methods,

whenitis evidentthatthe purpose is, notto formany unionwhich wouldbe otherthanhumiliatingto a color edman, and contr a r ytothe he r etofor eheldprinciples ofthe Congr egationa l Chur ches5.

—Whythese a rgumentsto show“how notto do it, whento do it

would be so simple and so evidently Ch ristian? N. Y . Independent.AMID - SUMMER LEAP OP A .M. A . CATE CH ISM.

Q. Wliena r e H omeMissionspr oper ly so cal/ed

A. Whenthey a r e ordainedto savethe unevangelizedpeople ofthe landinwhichthey dwel l .Q. Wliena r emissionspr oper ly cal/ed F or eignMissions 7A . Whenthey a r emissionsto for eigner s ina for eigncountr y.

Q. A r emissions amongtlze Indians inIlzis eonntry , F or eignMissonsA. They ar e not

,thoughthe Indians have beentr eated as for eigner s,

which has beenthe source of gr eatwr ongs andmany sor rows.

Q. A r emissionstotire CItinese inthis conntry , F or elgnMissionsA. They a r e not,thoughthe Chinese a r e r efusedthe privileges accord

edothe r for eigner s . The missions ofthe A.M. A. onthe Pacific Coastaremostfr uitful and hopeful, and, sincethese for eigner s r eturnto China,there is aninte rblendingof Home and For eignMissions her e,thatis ful lof promise .

Q. A r ethemissions ofthe A .M. A . intile South , F or eignMissions 7A. They ar e not

,thoughthey have been successful inexciting inter est

for Africa amongthe students oftheir schools . Some ofthese a r e now

foreignmissiona r ies ; othe r s a r e pr epa r ingto go ; butthemissions oftheA.M. A . inthe broadestsense a r e HomeMissions, forthey ministertowhite and black asto citizens of a common countr y, who a like needtheG ospel . The A .M. A. is plantingwhite chur ches (so called) eve r y year ,andhas added sever a lthis yea r ,though none ofthemwould r efusememher shipto amanbecause he is black, and is planting color ed chur ches

(so called), none of which should be excluded fromState Associationsmerely because of color .

Q. SlwnldMemissions ofMe A .M. A . be called F or eignMissions becauseits se/zools and sna r e/res cannotwint/ze eo- oper ationof fire Clesistians among'w/Iomtlzey lineA. They did notatonce winthe co- ope r ationof Ch ristians among

whomthey went, butconfidence has beengrowingwiththe yea r s untilthecases ar e exceptiona l wher ethey do nothavethe co- oper ationof enlightened and broad-minded Ch ristians . Inmostcases,the schools andchurches ofthe A .M. A . have wonboth confidence andgr atitudeth roughoutthe South . Southe rnmen a r e amongthetr ustees of its institutions

,

and ever ywher e its Field Super intendents and Secr etaries a r e gr eetedwithcordiality . A prominenteditor of a Southe rnpolitica l paper—white and

244 Mid- Summer Leaf of A .MA . Catechism.

democr atic—testifiesthismonth Your s isMe mostpr acticalmissiona rywor k ever undertakenby a Cler istianbody ,

and should navetlre nea rty and

unstinted supportof all Ch r istians .

”

The cases a r e few wher e good will

does notexistbetween itsteache r s andministe r s andthe white peopleamongwhomthey live .

Q. D oes notsocial ostr aeisms}:ow litottlte whiteteaelter is engaged ina

F or eignMissionA . Socia l ostr acismis gr adua lly giving way amongthemor e intel ligent

Ch r istianpeople. Nothing, howeve r , dies so ha rd as pr ejudice, and nothingis so cr uel ; butmissions do notceaseto be HomeMissions , becausetheymay be wher ethe r e is sinful pr ejudice and dense ignor ance .

Q. W[tatwouldbe F or eignMissions intbe Soul/zA.Missions inthe South which wouldtr eatanentir e r ace as for eigne r s

and a liens because inGod’

s wisdomhe has seenfittomakethemblack ,

would be for eigntothe spir itofthe G ospel For He is our peace who

hathmade both one, and hath br okendownthemiddle wallof pa rtitionbetweenus . Th rough Him

,we both have access by one Spirituntothe

Father . Now,ther efor e

, ye a r e no mor e str anger s and for eigner s, butfellow citizens withthe saints and ofthe gene r al household of G od, and

builtuponthe foundationofthe apostles andprophets, Jesus Ch r isthimself beingthe chief corner stone inwhomallthe building, fitly f r amedtogethe r , groweth into a holytemple inthe Lord. Missions inthe Southwhich exclude pastor s and delegates fromAssociations and Confe r ences

,

would be for eigntothe Gospel . Missions inthe South founded uponan

a r istoc r acy of skin, wouldbe for eigntothe spiritofthe Gospel . Missionswhich wouldpr each againstcaste inIndia , and pe rpetuate itinAme rica,would be for eigntothemethods of Ch r ist, andto Ch r istianmethods inforeigh lands .

Q. D oesMe A .M. A . believe inmixed e/zur e/zes of wltite and bla ck

people ?A . The A .M. A. does notr ega rd itas atall pr obablethatsuch

chur ches wil l existto any gr eatextent. R acetastes and r ace affi liationswill make for chu r ches essentia lly white and essentia lly black . Buttoclosethe door on any Ch r istian is in so farto make itan unch r istianchur ch . To go intothe South and establish white chu r ches fromwhich

,

whether by a formallaw or by anunwr ittenbutself- for cingedict,menar e

excludedbecause G odmadethemblack,isto deny one ofthe fundamentaltenets of Ch r ist. The r e is noneedto attemptto cor r al allmenof all r aces

inone enclosur e , butfor any chur ch,especially a chur ch ofthe Pur itans

,to ente r uponamissiona r y work inthe South and initiate itby r efusingtofel lowshipa blackmanbecause he is black isto apostatize fromthe faithinorderto geta chancetopr eachthe faith . The door s of eve r y Ch r istianchur ch oughtto standwide opento men of ev e r y r ace and color , and inall r epr esentative bodiesthese chur ches Should be one .

246 The Wor lc o/the A .MA .

the whiteteache r who is doinga work no less noble athome . The solutiontothe r ace problemr ests withthe white people who live amongtheblacks, and who a r e willingto becometheirteache r s in a missionaryspirit. ”

THE W OR K OP THE AME R I CANMI SS IONAR Y AS SOC IATI ON AND

FOR E I G N I ISS IONS.

n umnu l nxm

The Ame r icanMissiona ry Associationhas done both home and for eign

missiona r y work. T he r e is nothinginits constitutionortr aditionsto preventits doingthe same again.

Providence, howeve r , seemsto indicate clea r lythatits work atpr esentbe withinthe United States . While inthis sense itdoes home missionarywor k

,the peculiar conditions ofthe people amongwhomitmostly labors

r equir e la rge lythemethods of for eignmissions . Itmustsupplythe school,as well asthe chur ch industr ia ltr ainingas wel l asthatwhich is inte l lectualandmor al . Itmustcr eate a nativeministr y and deve lopnative workersof allkinds . Infact

,itwould be ha rdto find onfor eignmissionfields a

single kind of activity which is notduplicated inthe fields ofthe AmericanMissiona r y Association.

Homemissions aid for eignmissions by cr eatingthe conditions of moreincome andmor e missiona r ies for for eignfields. The work ofthis Associationhas donethis a l r eadyto some extent; withoutdoubtitisto do ittoa far gr eate r extentinthe futu r e .

Intakingpeople fr omthe ignor ance andpoverty of slaver y and savagery,

itcouldnotbe expectedto formthematonce into la rge giver s or efficientworker s for for eignfields ; butwho can say, afterthe mar vels ofthe pasttwenty - four yea r s, whatthe futur e sha ll Show

,whenthe comingmillions

shal l a rise and, outof gratitude for whatthey have r eceived, give oftheir

incr easingmeans and send forththeir sons and daughte r stote l lthe gladstory of fr eedom,

tr uth and love .

Ithas beena favorite idea ofmanythatthe Negroes of Ame rica shouldevangelize Afr ica . Pe rhaps some have beendisappointedthatso fewofthemhave goneto Afr ica asmissiona r ies butsuch , I amsur e

,hav e failed

ful lyto conside rthe facts . A people who had r eceived onlythe degr adingtuitionof slavery could notproduce atonce many who should havether eliable qua lities andthe intellectua l andmor a ltr ainingneeded forther esponsible and

,to a la rge extent

,the unsupe rintended work of a for eign

missiona r y. Then,eve r y capable pr eache r ,teache r and leade r has been

needed ina hundr ed places athome . They could sca r cely be justifiedinleavingtheir ownbrother s and sister s inheathenismandwithoutthetruthwithintheir r each ,to gotothe heathenabroad.

and F or eignMissions . 247

Y eta few have gone forth and prov edthemselves capable, faith ful andsucce ssful . A fo rmer slave of Jeffe r sonD avis is notonly a successfulmissiona r y inAfr ica , buthas proved himself such a level - headedmanthathe h a s beenchosentr easur er of one ofthemissions ofthe AmericanBoa rd.

Such as he a r e anea rnestof whatshall be,whenthe color ed people shal l

be mor e ful ly evangelized andthe appea l for Afr ica canbemade strongtoth eir hea rts and consciences . Thenther e will be such a going forthas wil l a stonishthe Ch ristianChur ch .

T he bea r ingofthe wor k forthe one hundr edthousand Chinese inthiscountr y onfor eignmissions canbe clea r ly seen. Ch r istianwork forthemis missiona r y wor k for China—itsendsthembackto becomemissiona r iestoth eir native land. The fr uitfulness ofthis work for for eignmissions hasbeen fu l ly demonstr ated.

T h e possibilities ofthe influence ofthe evangelizationofthe Indiansonfo r eignmissions is atopic which I do notr emember havingseenor

hea r dmentioned. Y etitseemstome worththinkingabout.Me xico has four million Indians ; Centr a l Ame r ica , one mil lionfivehundr edthousand, and South Ame r ica sevenmillion. Her e is a for eign

missionfie ld oftwelve and a ha lf mil lionsouls . How canitbe otherwiseth anth at, whenoncethe Indians of our land sha l l cometo have and ap

pr eciateth e blessings of a Ch r istiancivilization,their hea rts sha l l be stir r edbyth e needs oftheir br eth r en accordingtothe flesh , andthatthey willgototh emwiththe gospel stor y ?

T h e r e r emains one othe r field—the whites ofthe South and especia llyth e MountainWhites . As a class,they a re poor , ignor antandneedy ineve r y way

-mate ria lly, inte llectua lly,mor ally and spiritua l ly, butthey a r e

notthe “

poor , whitetr a s ofthe South . As good blood flows intheirv eins a s inthe veins ofthe Northe rnpeople . A wrongsta rtandtheir surroundings havemadethemwhatthey a r e . Givethemschools andpur e and

enlightened chur ches andthey willawake into newlife as fastas any peopleev e r did. They wil l show inyea r s whatmissiona r y work canusually show

only in decades . InWil liamsburgAcademy, Ky . ,nea r ly ever y boy inthe

high e r classes is expectingto pr epar e forthe ministr y, andthatschool isonly a little over half a dozen yea r s old and isthe fi r stone opened inourmountainwor k.

G iv ethesemountainboys and gir ls a chance,andthe people who gaveth e nationa Lincolnwill give itministe r s andmissiona r ies

,notonly forth e sev enmountainStates, butalso for othe r home mission fields and for

for eignlands .

I fthe Congr egationa l chur cheswill listentothe callof Ch ristand appr e

ciatethe opportunity which he has placed befor ethem,ther emay be inth e se mountains, filledwiththeir ma r vellousmine r a l wea lth, Congr egationa l

chu r ches which sha ll be notonly self- supporting, butgive gene rously forth e advancementof Ch rist’s kingdomth roughoutthe '

ea rth . Themost

248 R ome andthe Negr o.

generous give r I know,is a native ofthemountains and amember of one of

our missiona r y chur ches.

R OME AND THE NE G R O.

One of our mostinter estingexchanges is an I llustr ated R omanCatholicQua rter ly edited andpublished bythe Father s of St. Joseph '

sMissiona ry Society ofthe Sacr ed Hea rt

,its “

R ecord ofMissions amongtheColor ed People ofthe United States.

We need notsaythatwe have no sympathy with R omanismand itse r ror s, nor withthe Missiona r y Society ofthe Sacr ed Heart

,

”and its

effortsto plantR omanismamongthe color edpeople ofthe South .

We can,however , butadmir ethe fide lity ofthe chur chto its doctrines,

andthe Ch r istianexample itgivesto allmissionary societies inits r ecog

nitionof manasman. The quotations which wemake fromthe R omanCatholic Qua rter ly wil l accountforthe strong holdthatR omanismis beginningto secur e uponthe negro r ace .

The following, for example, is a R oman Catholictr ibuteto JohnBrown

Onthe 2ndof December next,thirty yearswill have passed since JohnBrown, inhis sixtieth winter , ascendedthe scaffold andgave his life forthe color ed race.

Connecticutgavethe hero birth—fromheroes ; New Y ork, inher Adirondack re

cesses, developed inhimthatspir itof liberty which Ohiohadnurtured, and is foreverhonor ed by his grave ; while Virginia,

“ buildingbetterthanshe knew,

" bestowedthemarty r ’s crown. Itwas necemarythatonemanshould die forthe people (Johnxviii,

and God ar rangedthathe who is likewise one ofthe greatbenefactor s ofthehumanr ace as wellas of his native landshould crimsonandbeautify with his bloodtbesoilthatgave a cradle and atombtothe Father of his Country .

G rand indeed isthe greatness ofthe rock - r ibbedAdirondacks wher e JohnBrown

lived, pr ayed,thoughtouthis greatlife.thought, andmade his fir sttrials inthe workofemancipation, butgrander isthe stonether ethatmarksthe grave of himwhosemightyspiritis still mar chingon; forthe gr eatness ofthatsoulinveststhetombwithmoralgr andeur , and calls allthe astonishingmagnificence of unintelligentcreationpoor .

”

Fair indeed ar ethe banks ofthe Shenandoah , and beautifulthe landscape onwhichthe dyingeyes ofthe hero r ested. butmor e lovely farthe death of himandof his

sons and comr ades,—“evenindeaththey were notdivided” (zudKings i, becausethemostbeautifulthinginthe wor ldor outof itis love, and he andthey died of love

fortheir br eth ren, God’s childr en. Itistr uly fitting,ther efor e,thatthey whowere rescued by himfrombondage should love and honor his glorious name, andthatweall should chantthe praises ofthemanwho wasthe choseninstrumentof Providence indestroyingoutof our countrythe inhumancustomof humanslavery .

The SouthernCongr egationalist, published inAtlanta, does nothave a

high opinionof such menas JohnBrown. We quoteTher e ar e menwho never ar emistaken. If your opinionor plan, nomatter how

well sustained, difi er s fromtheir s,they solemnly greetyou Our conscience is our

monitor : we canmake no concessions of principle.

" The case is ended. Y oumay llwellmake your humble bow and pass on, leavingthemintheir lofty and superior

250 Notes bythe Way .

NOTE S BY THE W AY .

I ? Em nou n" 0. J . STD“ .

Notlong ago, I meta F r enchmaninthe hal ls ofthe Congr egationalHouse

,who was looking for Secr etar y CoitoftheMassachusetts HomeMissiona ry Society . He evidently had a ve ry limited knowledge ofthe

English language, for he accostedme as fol lows “Y ou—eh

, you somewher es ? Ah!I begs my pa rdon.

"

This amusingbungle ofthe F r ench brother fair ly r epr esentsmy conditionduringthe pastfew weeks. I have notbeena ltogethe r sur ethatI waseven somewher es. Pr eachingone Sunday in Dove r

,

“

N . H . ,the nextin

Ta lladega, Ala . ,the nextatSantee Agency, Neb.

,the nextonth e Cheyenne

R iver,Dak.

,thenenjoyinga communionseasonwith Brother H a l l atFort

Be rthold,andthenextstandingbesidethe pastor of a New EnglandChurch

atthe same Lord'

stable.

The days betweenthese Sabbaths wer e fil led with pleasantduties, inta lkingoverthe greatwork of our Associationwiththe ea rnestand devotedmissionaries . Butmanythings ar e impr essed uponone

’

sthoughtby such

atr ipasthis. We r ea lizemor ethaneverthatthe AmericanMissionaryAssociationis a gr eatNationalSociety, limited neither geogr aphica l ly norby any r ace r estrictions actual ly gather inginits schools andmissions, Negroes, Whites and Indians, andChinese and Japanese, and Hondur ans andCubans, andwho knows howmany othe r needy and destitute people An

othe r factthatmustimpr ess one,isthethoroughness ofthe wor k done.

The examinations wer ethorough and exhaustive inthe schools. This wastr ue,notonly inthe lowe r gr ades, buta lso inthe advanced classes . D r .

Andr ews conductedthe examinations inChur ch Histor y, atTa lladega , whichwould have done cr editto any of our Theologica l Semina ries. AndD r . De

For est’s classes inMenta l Philosophy gave evidence of ca r eful study andofassimilationofthatwhichthey had studied. They hadnotonly eaten

, buthad digestedtheir mentalfood. The same wastr ue atFisk. Whata gr andthingitwould be, ifthe good friends ofthe AssociationinNew England,and elsewhe r e inthe North ,to whomour work is only pr esentedth r oughanappea l for funds,mightvisitsome ofthesegr and institutions inthe SouthandWest

,and see justwhatis being done forth ese neglected people !

The wor k cannotbe appr eciated in its vastimportance andmagnificentr esults, exceptafter such a per sona l inspectionofthe field.

These large institutions a r ethe center s of still la rger missionary workoutside . One professor inTa lladega, a gr aduate of Ha r vard

,has been

especially busy duringthe lastyea r , developingthe Sunday- school wor k inthe sur roundingdistr icts. The fol lowing a r e some ofthe r esults z—eightSunday - schools enrolling aboutfive hundr ed sch

‘

ola r s ;thirtyteacher s , allstudents inthe College ;two schools meetinbuildings belongingtoth e

Notes bythe Way . 251

College,thr ee inlogchur ches, owned by other denominations, nothavingSunday- schools,two inlog cabins . Inone school

,teacher s and scholar s

haveto huddletogether unde r umbr ellas , ifthey have any, or go wet, ifthey haven’tthem,whenever itr ains ; anditis a sightwhichmakes one long

for better accommodations,thatmor e efficientwork may be done,” writesthis selfsacr ificingpr ofessor in a note justr eceived. Inone house, he

found a family of white childr en, allofthemver y ignor ant, and, so far as hewas ableto discover

,ther e was nota single book of any kind inthe cabin.

He invitedthe childr ento Sunday - school, wher e, like R obertR aikes, heteaches r eadingand spellingas wel l asthe Bible,butthemother indignantlyrefused

,sayingthatshe didn

’tlether childr engoto school with Nigger s!"Ther e a r emany evidences of heroic sacr ifice onthe partofthe people

amongwhomwe labor ,thatone r uns across insuch atr ipasthis . Her e is

one: A sma l l chur ch inAlabama has r ecently votedtopay fifty dol lar spermonth oftheir pastor ’s salar y,thattheymay become self - supporting, andsoletthe funds whichthey have r eceivedgoto othermor e needy fields . Ther e

ar e seventy- five per sons inthis chu rch whomightbetermedpayingmember s ;of allthese,the pastor informedme, notmor ethanfifteen r eceive over

a dollar per day ; sixty r eceive lessthanthis . They pay, on an aver age,tendollar s per month for r ent;ther e a r etwenty - six working- daystothemonth

,andthey oftenlose atleastfive ofthese

,onaccountof weather or

lack of work,makinganincome of onlytwenty- one dolla r spermonth . Tendolla r s going for r ent

,leaves butelevendol la r s forthe supportofthe

family. P r etty heroic economythatThe AnnualMeetingofthe D akotaMission,the Conventionofmission

aries who a r e atwor k inthe Indianfield underthe dir ectionofthiS\ASSO°

ciation,gather edatSantee Agency, Nebr aska,Saturday, June I 5, andwas ful l

of inter est. Sessions we r e held forth r ee days, and continued late intothenight. Th ril lingincidents of exposur e onthe pr air ie duringwinter , swimmingswol lenand chil ly str eams, br eakingth roughthe ice whencrossing,which , inone case

,r esulted inthe drowningof ateamof hor ses

,seemedto

be ever y - day incidents inthe life ofthese heroicmissiona ries, who ar e car ryingonthis noblework amongthe Indians. Thetwo R iggsbrother s, whoseher edity as we ll as per sona l consec r ationfitthemfor large usefulness inthis Indianwork, wer e especial ly r ich inexper ience and inspiringinconfer

ence. Onething, especia l ly, impr essedme inthis Indianwork, andthatwas

,the difier ence incha r acter betweenthe aver ageteacher employed bythe Gove rnmentandthose employedbythis Associationandothermissionar y

bodies . Many noblemenandwomen a r e atwor k underthe Governmentinteachingthe Indians, butthe purpose ofthe Gove rnment- school atthebestis simplytomake intelligentcitizens . The purpose ofthe missionschool isto develop cha r acter ,to inculcate purity,to cr eatemor a l earnest

252 Howa r d Univer sity Tillotsosf Institute.

ness,inother words

,notsimplyto citizenize

,butto Ch ristianize . Weneed

mor e mission schools amongthe Indians, for onlythe missionidea can

r edeema paganpeople . I would liketo speak ofMiss Collins’s wor k,gr adua lly br ingingthe village of R unning Antelope onthe G r and R iver

intothe knowledge of Ch r ist, and ofthe deve lopingwor k atFortY ates ,and ofthe wor k amongtheMandans, R ees and G ros Ventr es, and ofthemotley andpictur esque c rowdthatgather ed for communioninthe littlechur ch atFortBe rthold; butthe inter estingfacts fromthese fieldsmustbeleftfor other notes.

TH E S O U TH .

THE DAN IEL HAND F U ND is doing a noble wor kthis fir styea r intheeducationofmany students who would otherwise nothave been abletoattend school .

HOW AR D U NIVE R S ITY THE OLOG ICA I DEPAR TMENT.

The anniver sa r y ofthis depa rtmentopenedthe commencementweek ofthe Howa rd Univer sity atWashington, D . C .,which extended fr omF riday,May a4th ,to Wednesday,May soth . A crowded audience was inatten

dance atthe Asbury color ed chur ch . The gr aduating class of four was

exceptionally sma llthis yea r , having been less innumbe rthan usual onenter ingth r ee yea r s ago, and havingbeenpa rticula r ly unfortunate indeathsand r emovals . The pr ecedinggr aduatingclass number edtwelve, andthesucceedingone wil l numbe rthirteen. Butthe addr esses delive r ed bytheyoungmenwer e of excellentquality, elicitinghigh approva l fromnumerousintelligentjudges who wer e pr esent. One gener a l fromthe army, wholistenedwith gr eatinte r est, came upafterwardsto expr essthanksto one ofthe Professor s for havinginvited himto attendthe exer cises .

TILLOTSON IN STITU TE . AU STIN , TE! AS .

Wednesday, June 5,witnessedthe close ofthe eighth yea r inthe historyof Til lotson Institute . The closing exer cises beganon Thur sday,May30, withthe annua l writtenexaminations which

,onaccountofthe ver y la rge

attendance ofthis yea r—gr eaterthaneve r befor e—meantmor e wor kthanusua l fortheteache r s . These examinations coverthe work ofthe entir eyea r , and a r e looked forwa rdto withmuch appr ehensionbythe students .

Forthe pastth r ee yea r s,the lastSaturday afternoonbefor e commencementhas beensetapartas Til lotsonD ay, and devotedto exer cises ap

p'i'

Opr iateto such anoccasion. This yea r , R ev . W . H . Shaw, pastor ofthe

The yea r justended has beenone of ha r dwor k andgr eatprosperity.

The attendance has beennotonly la rgerthanever befor e,butconstant, andthe r esultof such steady and per sistentwor k is,asmightbe expected,

gr atifyingprogr ess inalldepa rtments .

E!TR ACT FR OMA VALED ICTOR Y ADD R E SS .

AN ACCOU NT ofthe closingexer cises of Avery Institute inSouth Carolina, was givenintheMISSIONAR Y lastmonth . A copy ofthe v a ledictoryaddr ess of one ofthe pupils has beensentto us

,fromwhich we excerptone

ortwo passagesto givethe flavor ofthe occasion. Wethink itwouldbecr editableto any school of like gr ade inthe country.

To-day we ar eto go forth . Is itstr angethatemotions deepand solemnshouldper vade our hearts Amidthese emotions, gratitude stands prominent—gr atitudetothe honomdAssociationwhich has placedwithinour reachthese opportunities forthedevelopmentof intellectandof char acterthatfitustotake our places inlife as intelligentmenandwomen. Inbehalf ofthe class of ’80 andof allour schoolmates, we returnto Tax Am ou rMIsSIoru ar Assoou '

rtortour heartfeltthanks, and invoke foritthe richestblessings of Himwhomaketh rich . Inbiddingadieutoschoollife,thethoughtwhich pr essesmostforcibly isthatwe are supposednowtobeready for our duties inlife. Letus rather r ememberthatwe have butcaughtsglimpse ofthe knowledge which lies beyond and which beckonsto us . May ourthir stfor itbe insatiable. Letustake car e of each day and each hour , and showtoour Heavenly Fatherthatwe love his pr ecepts, and ar e seekingto livetrue and holylives. Our places her e will soonbe filled, butnothingwilltake away fromour heartsthememories of dear oldAvery .

MISS IONAR Y VIS ITS .

SYMML ' . CUETIS.

WE we r e goingoutfor a r ide,a pleasur e r ide

,amissionofme r cytothe

sick and afflicted,to ca r r ythemspir itualandphysica l comforts .

We have no missiona ry hor se and buggy, and itwas notan elegantequipage standingbefor e our door . Our steed was a ver y lank, bony, longea r edmule, andthe vehicle a r athe r disr eputable looking old deliverywagon, kindly loanedto us by our groce r ; butwe wer ethankful for anythingthatwouldtake us safely. We soon cameto a deep, ugly - lookingr avine,thatmustbe c rossed. I wa lked ove rthe logthatspanned it, whileDominic “

r attled his bones overthe stones,

”downthe steepdescent, andupthe farther Side insafety,thankstothe sur e - footedmule . Justbeyondwas

a sma l l r ude cabin. Th e old chimney hadtumbled down, leavingnear lythe whole of one side entir ely opentothe weather . Inside, upona bedthatnea r ly filledthe small room

,lay a woman who was pa r alyzed. A little

childwas he r only attendant. Some kindneighbor , however , hadmade hercleanand comfortable forthe day. The poor womancouldnotmove, buther da rk eyes beamedwith de lightatthe sightof us, andthe poor drawnface expr essedthe joy she couldnotspeak. Weta lked ofthe dear friend

Missiona r y Visits. 255

Jesus, whomshe loved andtr usted, sangtogether a song of faith, and

commended herto heaven’

smer cy and kindness, inpr ayer .

Onwe wentagain, overthe hills,the sunclimbinghigher and gr owinghotter everymoment. Thenweturnedoff into some dimcool woods

, pick

ing our wayth r ough rough r avines and blindtr acks until we r eached

another little cabinhome . We hadto bend lowto enterthe door oftherough , r ude house, yetthe one low room

,with loftabove

,shelter ed a family

of nine per sons .

Upon a bed,the dea r old gr andmother was dying, butthe da rk cabin

seemed il luminatedbythe shiningface ofthe happy saint.Y ou ar e almosthome

,Auntie

Y es chile,a lmosthome

And you find Jesus dea r andpr ecious, now

Y es !yes dea r andpr ecious.

I he ld her cold, a lmostpulseless hands inmine, while herminister r eadcomfortingwords of hope fromthe blessedWord. Thenwe sangfor her ,closingwith

Oh come, angelbands, come and aroundme stand,Oh hea rme away onyour snowy wingsTomy eternalhome.

He r da r k face was fair ly r adiant. She lifted her handstoward heaven,

andthough our eyes we r e holdenthatwe could notsee,we f eltthatthe

Lord and his angels wer e glorifyingthathumble abode,making itthegateway of heaven. Holding fastto our hands as we kneltbeside herbed

,shemurmur ed r esponsesto our pr ayer s .

With uplifted hea rts, we said our lastgood- bye, and wentaway r ejoicingin hertr iumph overtheter ror s of death and atthethoughtoftheglor ythatawaited her . As we passed outof sight, she enter ed withinthegates, withthatr adiantlook uponher face andthe nextday atsunsetwelaid h er awayto r est.F r omthis Beulah - land

,we hastened onto visita manwho was inthe la ststages of consumption. We had beenfor sometime doingwhat

we couldthathemightbe pr epar ed forthe gr eatchangethatwas dr awingnear . Inthe low doorway, satanold hag

- like woman, who sta r ed atuswith a look of r age, as we passedby her intothe roomwher ethe sickmanwas . Sultr y as wasthe day,ther e was a hotblaze inthe cavernous hteplace . Over ithunganironkettle, fromwhich mostsickening odor s emanated. The sickmanwas ina heavy stupor . Wetr ied invainto arouse

him,evenfor amoment. His wife looked unusua lly chee r ful, as she as

sur ed usthathe “was a gr eatdea l better ;thathe did notcough atall

,

and r estedmighty easy .

”

256 A Call fr omAuntMa r y .

We under stoodthe situationatonce . The poor womanwas dense lyignor ant, andbelieved her husband had been“

conjur ed.

"The old bag

inthe doorway was a witch doctor ,” who had promisedto cur e himfortendol la r s ! Howthe poor wife with her five little childr ento supportmanagedto r aise it

,G od only knows ; butshe had done it, andwas pour

ingdownthatunconscious man'

sth roat, hour ly doses of a villainous compound ofmostloathsomethings, over whichthe old hagmutter ed he r incantations

,andworked her Satanic spel ls. Shewatchedus with her evil eye

as we lookedpityingly uponthe poor suffe rer , and glar edmenacingly whenwetoldthe poor wifethathe was no better ;thatthe endwas nea r .

Thatvery nightthe death - like stupor was brokenby agonies oftortur ewhich r ackedthe wasted fr ame for many hour s . Ther e was no r espite fora pr ayer , or for athoughtofthe eternity into which his poor soul was hastening. The witch doctor fled inhaste

,unableto endur ethe sightofthetortur es she her self had invoked. Itwas anunutter able r elief whenthose

sh rieks of agony wer e hushedbythe awful silence of death .

To us,ther e came anaddedburdenof car e as we r ealized howmanyofthis people a r e still inbondagetothese heathenish customs and super

stitions. Nothingbutthe lightof a pu r e gospe l andthe elevating influences of education

,will liftthemoutoftheir degr adation. Itwil ltake

yea r s oftime, andpatientlabor , andwill costsomething butthese soulsar e pr eciousto G od. They a r e

“the heathen atour door .

"Ther e a r e

millions ofthem! They wil l soonbe amighty powe r for good or evil inour nation. Which sha ll itbe

A CALL PR OMAU NTMAR Y .

AuntMa r y is a member of one of our color ed chur ches—a genuine

daughter of Africa—possessing cha r acteristics belonging r athertother ougherthanthe softer sex—a peddler by occupation; peddlingcast- oflclothing (which she gets fromwhite folks) amongher color ed sister s .

This business,togethe r with her masculine per formances and her qua lificationinplantationmelodies,makes her exceedingly popular withthecolor edpeople ofthetown.

“Hello!Hello! r angoutfromthe highestkey-note onemorning justafter br eakfast. Goingtothe doorto see who itwas, auntMa ry was standingatthe gate she had cometomake us a socia l andbusiness ca ll .

Dogbite ? she asked. Y es,

”wasthe r eply, “buthewon'tbite you,

openthe gate .

”AuntMar y opened itand enter edthe yard. Mornin'

(againata high key) . Goodmorning, wa lk in.

"I come rounter see

you all dis mornin’

; I dunknow if I am'

ceptable .

“Certainly, auntMar y, you a r e, wa lk inandtake a seatbythe fir e.

AuntMa r y wa lked in,took a seatbefor ethe fir e , placed her bagand an

old hat- box onthe floor by her side and for amomentlooked ar oundthe

258 Letter f r omOahe School.

TH E IND IAN S .

LETTER FR OMOAHE SCHOOL, DAKOTA .

I ? mmmmI .man.

A ver y sad incidentcame into our life as a school lastwinte r , whichhas accentuated anewthe ignor ance andthe super stitious heathenismofthese Indianpeople .

One of our little boys was senttothe dormitory one morningto dosome wor kto which he objected

,and

,while pr etendingto obey, hetookone

ofthe other little boys with himand r anaway . Their absence was notdiscover ed until itwastoo lateto ove rtakethem,

and astheir home wasonlytenmiles away, and we knewthey wer e good wa lker s, as all Indians

ar e a lmostfr ombabyhood, we had ever y r easonto believethey wouldr each home insafety . They had sta rted befor e daylight, and withoutanybr eakfast, andthe little boy whowas enticed away hadno over coatnormittens

,buthadgone onthe impulse ofthemomentwithouttakingany extra

clothing. Aboutteno'

clock, itgr ew ver y cold,and asthe little fellow had

onshoes,to which he was unaccustomed

,his feetbecame so cold andtiredthathe could notgo on. Thenthe boy who had coaxed himaway gave

himhis over coatand mittens and wenton,r eaching home aboutnoon,tellingthathe had runaway, andthathe had leftJa r an abouthalf way.

Jar an’

s father didnotbe lievethe stor y, and came backto us,tenmiles,to see if itwe r etr ue . Thismade us very anxious,butnothing couldbe

done butto awaitthe issue. Itseemed as if a ser ies of unfortunatemistakeshad combinedtobringaboutthis r esult; andtomake ever ythingstillmorepuzz ling,Mr . R iggs,our super intendent, was away . He r eached homethatevening, andthe nextmorning sentthe stewa rdto lea rnthe fate ofthelittle r unaway. He wentonuntilhe foundthe little boy’

s capandmittens,andthe place wher e he had evidently lainall night. Itwas a bitter night,andwe knewthathe could notpossibly have sur vived, in his exhaustedcondition, andnotknowinghowto protecthimself, evenif he had hadthemeans for so doing. This

,initself, was a ver y bitter exper ience for us, butthe wor stwas yetto come . Mr . R iggs found itimpossibleto getanIndianto gotothe assistance ofthese poor people . They wer e all af r aid.

R umor s we r e afloatthatthe father was goingto shootanyone connectedinany way withthe school

,Indianor white . When anIndianis sor row

strickenove rthe death of a friend or r elative,he a lleviates his suffering

by killing some one else .

Afterthe little boy was bur ied,the family cametothe school . The

old gr andmother broughtthe clothes he had onwhenfound— andwhichthey had cutoff,—spr eadthemoutbefor eMr . R iggs, and r eproachedhimfor sendinga little boy outinto a stormso insufficiently clad;to whichMr .

E vangelistic Wor k atP etaluma . 259

R iggs r epliedthatwe hadno idea he was goingoutintothe storm,thathewas dr essed forthe house

,and hadwe knownhe was goingona journey,

he would have been dr essed for it. She would notbe pacified, however ,and afte r bitter ly r eproachingMr . R iggs forthe death of her gr andson, she

demndedpay for it, as ifmoney wouldmake uptothemhis loss.

Thatafternoon, atthe woman'smeeting, we lea rnedthatthey hadgivenaway everythingthey possessed, furnitur e, c lothing, bedding, dishes, andwer e absolutely destitute ofthe ba r estnecessities of life . This is one oftheir customs. They r easonthus: Our child is dead; our hearts a r e sad;

life has no longer any attr actions ;take allwe have. The Ch r istianIndianwomen in our chur ch each gave something outof her little propertytohelpthese poor heathenpeople, who intheir super stitious ignor ance hadmadetheir lotso wretched. Takingthis,they r eturnedhome and demand»

edofthe family ofthe other poor boy a cow inpaymentforthe death oftheir child.

Andther e cameto methis question: Is itpossiblethatinthe midstofthis beautiful fr ee land of our s,ther e lives a people so densely ignor ant,so dark ly supe r stitious, sunk so low inheathenism,

asthis incidentshowsAndthis is only one ofmany such incidents . May G od helpus whensuchthings a r e possible ina Ch ristianland.

TH E CH IN E S E .

TH R EE DA Y S OF EVANOELI STIC W OR K AT PETALUMA .

I r eached Peta luma a little while befor e school began. The schola r ssoonpou r ed inandthe attendance wasthe largestthe school ever had.

Inorde rto have a little pr eachingser vice, we hur r iedth roughthe lessons.

Atthe conclusionof school,two hymns wer e sung. Ithenpr eachedtothemof Jesus. T hey all listened very attentively and appea r ed inter ested.

Atthe c lose,I askedthemto come againthe nexteveningand br ingtheir

friends . Tomy gr eatsurprise,the nexteveningnotonly allthe schola r scame, butmany outsider s some ofthese had yea r s ago attendedour schoolfor some littletime

,butthe major ity ofthemhadneve r been inside our

mission. I was informed, afterthemeeting,thatfive or six ofthemwer every high ly educated inChinese, andth atthey wer e chief ofiicer s oftheChinese Br anchMasonic Society inPeta luma . Ithoughtthey came simplyfor cur iosity and per haps for a rgument. Justbefor ethe meeting commenced

,I wentintomy room

,kneltdown and saidto G od Oh Lord,

Thou a rtthe Almighty G od, Thou knowestthemotives ofthose who havecometothis meeting Thou knowestI amvery weak . I can do nothingwithoutThy help, so I beseech Theeto makeme a good agentinThy hand. Givemethe rightwordto speak, fillme with power .

260 E vangelistic WortatP etaluma .

I a rose frompr ayer and feltthatG od was withme. I wentintothemeetingand announcedmy subject. Itwas onD aniel beingcastintothelions’ den. I noticedthema r ked inter estthey all seemedto feel . Atthec lose, I againasked allpr esentto comethe nextevening(Sunday ev ening)andbr ingmor e fr iends .

The Sabbath eveningmeetingcame . Sunday - school beganatsix o'

clock.

Notonlythe schola r s and ever y one ofthe outsider s who had attendedthemeetingofthe nightbefor e came,butmany other s besides, sothatwe

h adto bringinextr a benches,and yetwe lacked room.My subjectthis eveningwas Daniel

,third chapter ,theth r ee Hebrew

childr encastintothe fie r y furnace, beinga continuationofmy Bible r ead

ingofthe pr evious evening. I endeavor edto bringhometomy countrymenth r eethings r st.—Thatthis wasthetrue G od

,and he wasthe Sn

pr eme R uler mentionedby our Confucius,Mencius and other sages. 2d.

He was all-power ful andnotlikethe goldenimage which Nebuchadnezzarh ad setup, nor likethe idolsthatwe Chinese ser ve . 3d.

—He was abletosave allthosethatputtheirtrust' inHim. He isjusta s able and as willingto save usto- day as He was whenHe saved Daniel and histh r ee countrymen

, provided we a r e willingtotr ustinHim, asthesemendid, for He isthe same yesterday,to- day and for ever . The golden image could notprotectfr omthe danger s ofthe fi r ethe king’

smightymenthatcastShadr ach

,Meshach and Abednego intothe furnace . And why ? Because it

was simply animage,the wor k ofmen’

s hands . And now,whatare our

Chinese idols ? Ar e nottheythe works ofmen'

s handstoo We allsaythatthey a r etrue gods and a r e very powe r ful yet, you allwel l knowthatwe have a commonsaying Thoughthe gods a r e power ful , yetthey arenotableto protectanunfortunateman. So letus seek

,believe andwor

shipthe onlytr ue G od, and Hima lone .

I hadto come awaythe nextday, and feltthatper haps Imightneverhave another chanceto speaktothem. The opportunity,too, was one ofthebestthatany pr eacher could desir e, forthey allseemed hungeringfor moreofthetruth . T her efor e I wentontotel lthemthatthe Sonof G odwhomNebuchadnezza r saw inthe fier y furnace wasthis same JesusthatweCh r istians believe inandpr eachto- day. Atthe conclusion

,I urged allto

acceptHimastheir Saviour . I said Of cour se I cannottel l you allaboutJesus inone evening, for nea r ly eve r y one ofthethirty-nine books oftheOld Testamentand ever y one ofthetwenty - sevenbooks ofthe New Testamentspeak of Jesus,—his birth , his life, histeaching. Allthese you can

find outby r eadingthe Chinesetr anslationofthe Bible,andther efor e we

ea rnestly invite you allto r ead itfor your selves .

One of our proverbs says Genuine goldnever fear sthe hotfurnacefi r e. Sothe Bible never fea r s examination. Themor e youtry it,thetr uer you wil l find itto be . Y ou a r e all acquainted withthe ways oftheTanistpriests. They deceivethe people and you allknowtheir doctrines

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Now IS THE T IMEto planto attend our A .M. A . Woman'

sMeetinginconnectionwiththe Annua lMeeting atChicago, wher e you may see and

listento some livemissiona ries. We hOpeto see one or mor e lady r eptesentatives fr omeve ry chur ch .

THE WOMAN ’

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S VALU ABLE PAPE R,The Local Society—itsManagement

andMembe r ship,” a lsothe paper The R elationofthe State Unionstothe Ame ricanMissiona r y Association, a r e published as pamph lets, andmay be had of any officer ofthe State Unions, or ofthe AmericanMis,siona r y Association, 56 R eade Str eet, New Y ork.

Visitto aMission Sunday - School. 268

A VISIT TO AMI S S ION SU NDAY - SCHOOL .

atm. n. s.mmnooox.

One Lord’

s day, I wentoutto look afte r a Sunday- school inwhich one

of our missionaries had become inte r ested, andwhe r e she labor ed partofthe year . The day was excessively wa rm. The distance wastwo miles,andthe hor se car s would onlytakeme halfthe way, leavinga wa lk acrossthe fields forthe r estofthetrip. The r e was no road, andmuch ofthe waynotevena footpath , andthe fields we r e partly cover edwith water fromthefrequentshower s . I gota longquite wel l dur ingthe fi r sthalf ofmy walkby pickingmy way, now andthen elongating steps, or jumping, gener a l lywith satisfactory r esults . Pr esently a place appea r edwher ethewater seemedtoo wideto ventur e with safety. Ther e was no possibility of jumpingthistime

,and I was r eadyto give upindespair , whenI discover ed atsome little

distance a log laid acr ossthena r row pa rtofthe str eam. I commencedthetightrope wa lk andwas justcongr atulatingmyself uponmy heroic adventure which,with one stepmor e, would have landedme safely onthe other

side,whenthe logtilted and off I went

,my knees plowing intothe mud

makinga hole as bigas gr andma ’

s workbasket. I lostnotime ingettingup.

As I a rose, I sawmybestpar asol andbigpa lm- leaf fanfloatinga longleisur elyinthe muddy str eam. These wer e secur ed later

,butwith muchtrouble,

andmy portmanteau was fished fromthe hiddendeepatthe pe ril of cr abs

and other biter s whomake such places homes of r etr eat.I ca l led atthe nea r estcabin, and found Auntie with a kind heart

readyto undertakethe jobof cleaningme up. Shetook inthe situationatonce, ejaculating, Lor

’

,honey specs I s

’

e gointer letyer goter Sunday

- school wid dema r close all spiltSam,take dema r shoes andwash

emclar fr u forMissus.

”

Ina shorttime she said,Y ou

’

s fine,

and I sta rted forthe little churchclose by, a r r ivingjustfiveminutes befor ethe Sunday- school closed. I was

gr eetedwith Howdy bythe pastor , who is supe rintendent, and wastequestedto speaktothe childr en

,whilethe whole Sunday- school, includingtwenty - six boys andgir ls, and sevenfather s andmother s

,rosetotheir feet,

indicatingtheir delightto seeme .

I was intimeto obser ve one little boy standingontiptoeto r each uptothe Biblewhichtheminister held Openonthetable andwasteachinghimto read. Itwas his custom,as he wasthe onlyteacher ,to ca l l each one

separ ate ly, andteach himto r ead, aswell as his ignor ance would a llow. This

is inadv ance oftheir oldway of conductingSunday- school . Former ly, allthe instr uctionr eceivedwas fromWebster ’s blue back,” and, forthe closingexer cise

,they counted fromoneto a hundr ed. The pastor attended school

atStr aightUniver sity dur ingthe pastyear and canr ead a little, butnotintelligently. He looks as if he had seensixty yea r s ormor e , and I believehimto be a goodmanwhotr iesto do faith ful wor k fortheMaster so faras he is able. He has builta little chur ch

,mostly with his ownhands and

284 The fl esh D r ink.

outof his ownscanty ea rnings. Itismade of r ough boa rds, butithas a goodfoundationandthe roof is wel l shingled. The r e ar e no glass windows, butboards like a ba rndoor hungonhinges ser veto letinthe lightor shutoutthe cold inwinter .

The people a r e ignor antbeyonddescr iption. Mostofthemlive inlittlehuts or cabins onthe banks ofthe canal

, gettinga scanty livingby wor kingoutasthey canfindplaces .

Their hbmes a r e fi lthy and uninviting. Howmuch good amissionar ycould accomplish by goingintotheir homes andteachingthemthetrueCh ristianway of living! Themother s with whomIta lked seemedwil ling,and evenanxious

,to knowbette r ways . Any instr uctioninhousekeeping

wouldbe gr ateful ly r eceived,and a sewingclass, whe r e cuttingandmaking

plainclothingwe r etaught, wouldbe eage r ly accepted. Amother s'meetingOnce a week would bemor e helpfultothose bar r enmindsthanwords can

expr ess. The work is r ightthe r e, all r eady andwaiting for some loving,self- denying Ch r istianwomantotake up. Who inthe fa r - off No

’

rth landwil l say, “

Lord,he r e amI

,sendme, and who will r each deep intheir

pockets and say, I will give atenth, yea , evenmor e, forthatwhich ismor eisthe onlytr ue giving?May G od Openthe hearts ofthose who hav e an

abundance andto spa r e,to give liber a lly forthe uplifting of our color edbrother s and siste r s .


THE F R E SH DR INK.

Amissiona ryteachertothe mountainwhites, who was laid asidetempor a rily fr omteaching, onaccountof illness

,writes of one ofthe childr en

Of her cha rge

Imusttel l you ofthe little native gir l who liv ed with us,and of he r

pr actica l application of a Scr iptur etext. Itwasmy customtoteach herfromthe Bible ever y Sabbath afte rnoon. I had been r eading fromtheninth chapter ofMar k, wher e itSpeaks ofthe childlike spiritour dea rSaviour wants usto possess .

She listened ver y attentiv ely, and seemed especia l ly inter ested whenwe cametothe forty - fir stver se, For whosoeve r sha l l give you a cupof

waterto drink inmy name, he shal l notlose his r ewa rd.

"

She leftme a fewmoments,butpr esently came back saying Won

'tyoute l lme aboutthatve r se again I gladly compliedthen camethequestion

,Does itmeanme—canI do somethingfor Jesus

Thatevening,ther e came a gentle r aponmy door , andtomy Comein,Minnie enter ed, bea r inga glass of water .

Coming nea r , she placedthe water ona little stand bymy bedside.

Noticingthatshe stood asthough she would speak, I said,

“ Whatis it,

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THE CLOSE OP OU R F INANCIAL Y EAR .

These pagesmay fa l l intothe hands of some Of our constituents beforethe close Of our fisca l yea r , September 30th . We hopethatthe opportunitywil l be embr aced by chur chtr easur er sto r emitpromptly funds designedfor us

,andthatbenevolentfr iends who have intendedto aid us duringthe

yea r will ca r r y outtheir purpose atonce . The outlook is encouragingandwe sha l l hail with joy andgr atitudethe day of deliver ance fromdebt.

LETTER S PR OMCONTR IBU TOR S .

Again I havethe pleasur e Of enclosingforthe gener a l use oftheAme ricanMissiona ry Association a dr aftOf one hundr ed dollars . The

Lordblessthe work ofthe dea r worker s inthe fie ld. My lovetothem.

Many year s ago I usedto contributetothe funds ofthe AmericanMissionary Association. My husband and I supported ateacher under itsauspices, buttimes have changed andwe a r e notableto dothatnow. For

many yea r s I have ceasedto send anymoneyto yourtr easury, for Ithoughtwhatlittle I could aflordwoulddo no good atall. Butseeinginthe SeptemberMISSIONAR Y some contr ibutions of a few dol lar s, I sendthe en

closed five dol lar s . If each one inte r ested inthe cause would dothat.itwould help some . My inter estis unabated inyour gr eatandgloriouswork for humanity and immorta l souls .

”

F R OMAMISSIONAR Y IN CHINA .

Enclosedwe sendtwenty - five dollar s,which please acceptas our sub

scr iptiontothe Amer icanMissionary Associationwork forthe cur rentyea r . We ar emor e andmor e inter ested inthis wor k, especial ly inviewofthe hateful pr ejudicethatexists inmany pa rts ofthe South againstthecolor edpeople andthose who have so nobly espousedthe cause oftheireducationand Ch r istianization. This low-mindedpr ejudice is very similarto whatwe haveto endur e he r e inthe inter ior of China, yetitis hardertobea r because comingfromthose who pr etendto be enlightened Christianswhile her ethose who indulge inper sona l abuse ar e mostly ofthe lowestandmostignor antheathen,thoughthey ar e Oftenbacked up bytheliter ati.

Coriapr omieec. 273

COMPR OMIBE S AND THE OONG R E G ATIONA I CHU R CHE S

OP G EOR G IA .

Amer icans ar e much addicwdto settling dimcultics by compromises ; butthese compr omises, inState and Chur ch , especially inr egardto slavery, have so oftenbeenthe sacr ifice of pr incipleto expediencythatthe word has cometo have a sinister meaning—implying such a

sacrifice ; andthey have so oftenproved failur es asto showthemto beunwise, evenas amatter of expediency .

A br ief sketch of some ofthese pastcompr omises, withtheir motivsa and failur es,maythr ow some lightuponthe compr omise proposedforthe Congr egationalchur ches inG eorgia .

POLITICAL COMPROMISES.

These have usually beenmade fr ommor ethanonemotive1 . One str ongplea isthatthe expediency is so urgentthata small

sacrifice of rightis justifiable. Inthatcelebr atedlaw case of Shylockthe Jew ver sus Antoniothe mer chant, so ably r eported by WilliamShakespear e, Esq.

,this r easonwas plainly stated. The defendant’s attorney, Bassanio, inorderto avertfr omhis clientthe dreadful for feitof a pound of fleshtakennear esthis heart, appealedtothe judge :

I beseech you

Wrestoncethe lawto your author ityTodo a greatright, doa little wrong.

The wise youngjudge knewthe law, humanand divine,toowelltoButthatplea had its influence insecur ingthe adoptionofthe Fed

eralConstitution. Amongother difliculties inthe way, a constr uctiveguarantee of slavery seemednecessaryto secur ethe assentof some ofthe SouthernStates . How str ongthe plea l Slavery waswrongto besure,buttheter r ible sevenyear s’ war was ended, and a gr eatnationwasreadyto come into existence ! The compr omise was made andtheUnionwas formed. Butdidthe compr omise save it? No l The“

poundof flesh was atlastthe pr ice . After a str uggle of seventy -twoyearsthe crisis came, Sumter was fir ed uponandthe compr omise wasfoundto be a failur e .

“A pound of flesh ! Nay,the flesh andbloodof amillionofmensavedthe Union.

2. Another motive for a compr omise isthe expectationthatwhile itis allthatcanbe donenow, itwillbe a steptowardsthe ultimate . This

274 Compr omise: andthe Congr egationalwas str ongly urgedinthatfir stcompr omise . Itwas saidthatthe Dec.lar ationof Independence,the enthusiasmfor liberty , andthe wor ld

wide boastof equal rights,mustwor k a univer salconsenttothe abr o

gation of slavery . J efler son voicedthe gener al sentimentwhen hesaid: Ithink a change is alr eady per ceptible sincethe originofthepr esentr evolution. The way I hope is pr eparing, underthe auspices

of heaven, for atotal emancipation.

” Butslavery gr ew stronger , instead of weaker , underthe compr omise, and fromtimetotime r equired

mor e compr omises, andmor e sur r ender s . TheMissour iCompr omise,the Annexationof Texas, andthe Fugitive Slave Law, each extortedunderthr eats ofthe dissolutionofthe Union,” ar e examples. Butno compr omise ever wr enched aninch ofter r itory fr omthe clutch of

slavery andgave itto fr eedom. F r eedomheldthe whole Northwest,bytheten- compr omising r equir ement: Ther e shall be neither slav

er y nor involuntary ser vitude thor e l3 . Another str ongplea for compr omise isthe hopelessness of gain

inganythingbetter . This wasthe consider ationurged so vehementlyagainstthe early Abolitionists. Itwas said: Slavery is wr ong—thatwe alladmit—butitis a fixed fact, invulner able, backed upby wealth,talent, pr ide and political influence, and all oppositionis vain. Y ou

Abolitionists ar emer e sentimentalists, visionar ies, doctr inair es.

”This

hadgr eatinfluence withthe indifler ent,thetimid, and especially withthose who vauntthemselves as pr acticalmen,” who boastthattheycar e

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nothingfor abstr actions, buttake business views ofthings. This

plea andthesemenwer e largely influentialincar ryingforwardsome ofthemostiniquitous compr omises precedingthe war .

ECCLESIASTICAL COMPROMISES ABOUT SLAVER Y .

This glance atthe compromises inthe politicalhistory ofthe nationpr epar es usto look atthose inthe Chur ch . Her e,too, compr omises onthe subjectof slavery wer e made as inthe State, and gener ally f r omthe same motives and always withthe same disappointing r esults .

The Chur ches befor e and dur ingthe r evolutionary per iod wer eemphatic intheir utter ances againstslaver y . Their accr editedleader sand officialconvocations used suchterms asthese :Methodist, The

sumof allvillanies ; Pr esbyterian,Manstealer s : stealer s ofmenar ethose who bringofl slaves or fr eeman and keep, sell or buythemBaptist, Slavery is a violentdepr ivationofthe rights of natur eCongr egational, Slavery is in every instance wr ong, unrighteous,

276 Compr omises andthe Congr egationalslaveholder s, andper haps pr epar ethe way forthe gr adual r emovalofslavery ; and above allther e wasthe cogentpleathatcompromise ordivisionwasthe only presentchoice . The half - loaf

”argumentwas

wielded mostefieetually, and her e , especially,the pr acticalmencametothe fr ont, while onthe heads ofthe devotedAbolitionists wereshower edwithoutstintthe epithets fanatics and visionar ies .

”

Somuch zealforthe slaveholder s, and somuch sacrifice of self- re

spect, notto say of conscience, sur ely deser veda better fate butallwasin vain. The slaveholder s scornedthe compromises, and r uthlwslyr entasunderthe gr eatnationalchur ches andmissionary societies . The

Congr egationalists, never numer ous inthe South , clung with greattenacitytotheir few chur ches, butatlength sur r ender edthem.

ECCLESIASTICAL COMPROMISES ABOUT CASTE .

So endedthe fir stchapte r of humiliatingand fr uitless Chur ch compromises ; buta new chapter has begunto be wr itten, and so far promo

isesto r ead justasthe other did, both astothe factsto be r ecorded

andthe endthatwill be r eached. Slaver y is dead, butthe sonand

heir and legitimate r epr esentative, r ace pr ejudice, ar isestotake itsplace . This does notpr oposeto r emandthe color ed r ace back intoslavery , butto holdthemas inferior s,to be discr iminated againstastoequalrights andtobear withtheir colorthe perpetualbanof separationanddegr adation. Thismightbe expected inthe political world, butnotinthe Chur ch wher e alla r e one inChr istJ esus .

” And itwouldbe a specially sad factifthe Chur ch should be mor eta rdythantheState inthe r ecognitionofthe equalmanhood ofthetwo races .

One gr eatefiortinthe pr esentecclesiasticalstr uggle isto secur ether eunionofthe sunder edChur ches ; and,

as inthe case of slavery, otherissues have beenwaived or compromised, leaving r ace pr ejudice asther ealpointinthe contest. G r eathave beenthe endeavor s for ha rmony.

Committees of Confer ence have been appointed, have metand con

fer r ed; enthusiastic public meetings have beenheld ; communionservices have beencelebr ated jointly, and gr eatfeasts have beenspreadto welcome visitingdelegations . Butthe South has beeninflexible onthe color - line. The Northern leade r s have made concessions, and in

some instances have been r eadyto sur r enderthe mainpoint, butthemass of NorthernChr istians seemunwillingto denythe Saviour intheper sonofthemanwhose ostr acismis demanded for no faultof his own,butonly because G odmade himblack.

The Pr esbyter ianChur ch (North) deser ves specialmentionfor hav

Chur ches of G eor gia . 277

ing, inthe lastGener alAssembly r ejected a compr omisethatapprovedthe policy of separ ate chur ches, pr esbyter ies and synods .

” The prize

wasnothinglessthanthe ultimate r eunionoftheNorthernandSouthernbranches ofthatgr eatChur ch . The leader s inthe Chur ch andintheAssembly wer e committedto itandwarmly advocated it

,butwhenthetestvote came, itwas r ejected by anoverwhelmingmajority l God

gr antthatwhenthetestcomes f orthe Congr egationaliststhey mayshowasmuch back-bone The pr esentstage ofthe contr over sy findstheMethodists, Baptists and Pr esbyterians still divided, with littleprospectof r eunion. The Episcopalians inSouth Car olina have sur

render ed ona compr omisethatpermitsthe one color edministe r intheConventionto r emainin it, bututte r ly forbidsthe admissionof any

THE CONG REGATIONALISTS IN G EOR G IA.

The Congr egationalists ar e consider ingthe questionpr actically, butwith a divisionof sentiment. Some stand firmly againstall r ace distinctions, while other s ar e disposedto compr omise ona planthatkeepsthetwo organizations inG eorgia still separ ated bythe color -line

,butthatpr ovides forthe appointmentof a few delegates fr omeach,to

forma newbodythatshallhave charge ofthe inter ests ofthe denominationandbe r epr esented inthe NationalCouncil.We ar enotcar efulto cr iticisethe details ofthisplan,nor ar ewe unx

iousto secur e any particular modificationofthem. The cardinal factisthatthe planitself keepsthetwobodies inG eorgia apartfor no other”signed or assignable r easonthanr ace pr ejudice ; for who supposes foramomentthatifthese bodies wer e both whitether e would bethiselabor ate plandevisedtotouch each other withthetips ofthe finger s,instead of givingatoncethe whole hand-

gr aspof Ch ristianfellowship?And so longasthis planmakes or r etainsthe line of caste distinctionor pr actically delays or evades its r ejection, itis a compr omisethatshouldnotbe endor sed. Butalr eadythe oldpleas for compr omise ar e

urgedinits behalf1 . Itis saidthatthis is a fir ststeptowardsthe ultimate—a br idgeto facilitate a futur e comingtogether . Buta br idge is notpossible,

nor if possible, necessa ry . Ther e is no doubtthatsincethe New Testamentwas writtenther e have beengr eatimpr ovements inbridge building, bothmechanicalandtheological; butbetweenequalmanhood onone side and r ace pr ejudice onthe other , ther e is a gr eatgulf fixed,”andno br idge can spanthe chasm. The Negr omustsur r ender hismanhood orthe whitemanhis pr ejudice. Ther e is no half way . But

278 Compr omises .

wheneither is sur r ender ed,ther e is no gulf, and nobr idge is needed.

Ifthe Negr o willtake his place as aninferior , he andthe white mancanr ide onthe same seatina buggy : ifthe whitemanwill sur r enderhis pr ejudice,the R ace -Problemis settled. Which shallbe sur r endered—themanhoodorthepr ejudice i The Congregationalchur ches havenodoubtonthatquestion, andif we ar eto educatemeninr ightprincipleswemuststandfirmly uponthemour selves . To beginwith a compr omiseisto yieldthe very pointatissue .

2. Butnow alsothe oppositetack istaken. We ar etoldthatr ace pr ejudice is a fixed fact—thatthe Southernpeople willneveryield, andthathence if we a retoplantCongr egationalchur ches intheSouth atall, wemustcompr omise . And once mor e we ha ve with usthe pr actica lmen,” who claimtotake common sense views

, andtheyurge us againto be contentwiththe - loaf .

” Butthis compromise“ half- loaf is verymuch likethe famous little bookthatJ ohnatethatwas indeed inthemouth sweetas honey ” butafte rward provedtobe exceedingly bitter .

” Thetr uth isthatthis half - loaf , andEph

r aim’s“cake notturned andthe dr inkthatwas “ lukewa rm, neither

hotnor cold,

”constitute a ver y unhealthy dietfor Christianpeople.

The pasthas its lessonby which we oughtto have pr ofited ; anditwillbe a shame if,with allour experience, we ar e foundtoneedthe r eproofthatwhenforthetime ye oughttobeteacher s, ye have needthatsomeoneteach you againwhich bethefi r stpr inciples ofthe or acles of God.

”

We haveto dealoncemor e, inthe history ofthis nation,withthe

pr ecious inter ests ofthe poor andneglected, andwemustgua rdagainstpastmistakes. The issue befor e us is a squar e one, andnododgingandno compr omise willmeetthe case . We pleadnow for eightmillions offr eemanas we once plead for four millions of slaves . G od istheirFather , Chr ististheir R edeemer andthe Chur ch mustr ecognizetheirequalmanhood. We holdwiththe Chr istianUnionthat: Itwer ebette r farthatthe NorthernChur ch should notgo with its missionarywor k intothe South atall,thanthatitshouldgo with amissionwhichstr engthensthe infidelitythatdeniesthatG odmade of one blood allthe nations ofthe earth forto dwelltogether .

THEMethodist, Baptistand Pr esbyterianchur ches North r esistallovertur es for sepa r atingthe color ed and white people in chur ches and

ecclesiastica l bodies inthe South . The Episcopa l Chur ch , inVirginia andSouth Ca rolina atleast, have consentedtothe sepa r ationonthe color - line.Th e Congr egationa lists will soondecidethe positionthey willtake.

Willthey r angethemselves withthe Episcopalians now standinga lone

280 Notes bythe Way .

NOTE S BY THE W AY .

sr murmur w a r 0. J . awn.

W hiteMenand R ed H en.

m BOUND UP !

nr rxar s '

rme mensonoor. oosrmonm'r unnorsls u s

'r mon-

r .

”

The above wasthe cha r acteristic headingina D akota paper of aneditorialnotice ofthe closingexer cises oftheir High School . Eve rythingtakesits color fromthe peculia r conditionof society . A r ubber overcoatis a"slicke r , and a native pony is a broncho.

”Notso inappropriate, either ,

istheterm The R ound U p,”forthe closing exer cises of a school year .

Itoughtto bethe round up, a complete cir cle or Spher e of successful workand accomplishment, so fa r asthatperiodof school - life is concerned. The

white menof Dakota a r e changingper ceptibly, Ithink, intheir feelingstowardthe r edmenamongthem,or amongwhomthey a r e . A sense of

r esponsibility fortheir Chr istianizationseemsto havetakenpossessionoftheminds ofthe intelligentCh r istianpeople . One is impr essedwiththeabundance of chur ch buildings inthese sma ll white settlements. Inone

sma ll village of per haps five hundr ed people, I counted eightProtestantchur ches. With Ch r istian chur ches so numerously planted asthey ar e inthese newWesternStates, we may hepe for la rge help fromthemintheIndianwork ofthe Association

,befor e many year s . They a r e nowfalling

into line inthis gr eatwork. I rode onone side oftheMissouriR iver formanymiles amongthe white settlements. Afterwards I r ode onthe otherside ofthe r iver a long distance amongthe Indianvil lages, and couldnothelpbutcontr astthe conditionof life ofthetwo. The Gove rnmentrelations differmateria l ly. Ifthe supplies wer e withheld fromthe Indians, andthey wer e compel ledtotake land in sever a lty, and nothustled overthepr airie everymonth ortwo weeks for meat

,suga r and coffee, Ithinkthe

change forthe bette r would be per ceptible inatwelvemonth . Ther e is

gener a l hopefulness onthe pa rtofthemissiona r ies amongthe r edmen,nowthattwo Ch ristianmenstand atthe head ofthe IndianD epa rtment.

Itwasmy pr ivilegetotake a cordial letter of gr eetingfromSupt. Dor ~chester ofthe GovernmentIndianSchoolstothe A .M. A . missionar ies atSantee Agency, Neh . Itwas anencour agementtothese earnesttoilets inthis fa r - away fieldto knowthatther e was appr eciationonthe pa rtoftheGovernmentofthe Ch r istianwor k amongthese Indians. Gr eatcar e, intensestudy, gr eatdeliber ationof actionwil l be necessa ry ifthese new Governmentofficer s succeed inbetter ingthe conditionofthe r edmen, asthey aredoubtless sincer ely desirous of doing. They mustknow whatthey are

doing, befor ethey do it.The Governmentschools which I visited furnished abundantevidencethatconsider abletime would be necessa ryto cor rectthe evils existinginthese, andtomakethemwhatthey shouldbe befor e any r adicalpolicy could

Notes 6ythe Way—E choes. 281

be safely adopted bythe Governmentinr eferenceto contr actmissionaryschools. The R omanCatholic influence seemsto have beena dominantpower inthe control ofthese schools for sometime.

Wolf Chief, aMandanIndian, cal led onme while atFortBerthold and

beggedthathistribe be protected againsta Catholic priestwho, he said,wantedto compelthemto sendtheir childrento a schoolthathe proposedto establish nearthem.

“WeMandans ar e Congr egationa lists,” saidthisIndianchief, andwe wantto sendour childr ento your mission.

0 e e

Incidents both amusingandpathetic ar e of fr equentoccur r ence inthisIndianwork. Such incidentsth rowlightuponthe inside life ofthe Indiansandmissiona ries

,and ar e oftenuseful inthe Monthly Concert,” and so I

record some ofthemher e.

“Ch er r ies - in-the -mouth

,a somewhataged and high ly-painted Indian

,

was ver ymuchtakenwith one ofthemissionaries . He cametothe Superintendentofthemissionand offer ed eightponies for her , or , I believe,mor ecor r ectly, said he would give eightponies, if he hadthem. His affectionwas largerthanhis pocket-book, as is sometimestr ue of his pale - faced

brother .

a o

P lenty Corn was a sweetlittle Indiangir l , who attendedthemissionatFortBerthold. She hadwonher way wonder ful ly intothe hearts oftheteach er s , andwhenshe died lastspr ing,ther e wer e sor r owful hea rts inthemission, astr uly as inthe Indiantepee. The par ents had been r eached

also bythe influence ofthe mission. They permittedthe missionar ytolayth e body ina coflin. The Indianstook upthe little white casketandbor e ittothe boatinwhich itwasto betakenacrosstheMissour iR iver .

The father rowedthe boat, asthemother satonthe Opposite bank waitingfor h e r deadda r ling, and fromthe boatther e wentupthe piteous wailingofthe father

, which was echoed back fromthe bank inthe piteous wail ofthe mother . Itwas a sad, sad sight, and emphasized painfullythe needof Ch r istianinstruction

,thatthe hope ofthe Gospelmay br eakth roughthesuper stitious dar kness ofthese sad lives .

A N OLDMAN whoteaches inthe country heardwe had a number of

Sunday - school paper s, and asked us if we had any overtur es of Sundayschoo l liter atur e to give him.

One ofthe older boys was obligedto leave schoolto work. Inthe lastpr aye r

-meetinghe attended he said: Itmakesme feel ver y sor ry whenIth inkthatnextweekmy seatwill be filledwithmy absence.

Another pr ayedthathe mightwalk mor e “citeumspotly befor ethe

wor ld.

”

282 P oetr y—Items fromthe F ield.

nmr Y E R AVE R E CE IVED , PR EELY G IVE .

”

So fr ee ar ethe gifts of heaven, The blessings of home and flreside,Somanythe bleuings which fall, Of friendship, of books, of health,

That, shouldwe attempttocountthem Of knowledge, of church, of worship.We couldnotnumberthemall. Allthese sr e a partof our weslth.

For Godis a generous G iver . Butofl inthe sunny Southland,Who sows with a liber alhand Ina partof our country lsrge,

Shallreapa bounteous har vest Are needs, which with us are blessings,Andgatherthe fruits ofthe land. Andto usther e comesthischarge z

For ’tis Godthatgivesthe increase, MW mGod‘s r-sm ;

Andoftit’s a “ hundr ed fold,” Andnone willgefi esly gins ?

Andmenare reapinginmany ways Itwillbe a gloriousmissionAside fromlands andgold. To helpa nationlive.

Br ennan,Mn.

TH E S O U TH

ITEMS PR OMTR E P IELD.

s r rmw surnnrmnm r . s .mma

NEW CHU R CHES.

Twonew Congr egational chur ches inconnectionwith our wor k completedtheir organizationwith communionser vices on Sunday, Septemberr st. Both wer e organized by Northernpeople who have settled intheSouth inplaces which ar e likelyto growby immigr ationfromthe North.

One is inR oseland, La .,and is underthe pastor al car e of R ev . C. S. Shattuck. Itstarts with elevenmember s .

The other is inNorth Athens, Tenn. ,and forthe pr esentis ca r ed for

by our gener a l missiona ry, R ev . G . Stanley Pope. Itbegins withthirteenmember s . Both will come intothe r egula r State organizations of Congregationalchur ches.

The Fir stCongr egationa l Chur ch of Alco, Ala. ,was organized August

2sth , withtwelve member s . R ev . James Brown, a gr aduate ofthe lasttheologica l class atTa l ladega Col lege, isthe pastor .

AtFortPayne, Ala .,the fir ststeps we retakenAugustz r sttowa rdthe

organizationof a chur ch . Itwas votedto completethe organizationas

soonas possible. R ev . G eo. S. Smith,r ecently of R aleigh, N . C.

,has goneto

FortPaynetotake charge ofthe work.

NEW CHAPEL.

The Plymouth Congr egational Chur ch of New D ecatur , Ala .,aidedbythe Amer icanMissionary Association, is er ecting a chapel which istobe

284 Vacation atTougaloo.

Whatofthe humanlife atTouga loo College is out;theteacher s ar e

inthe far North . Miss Emer son, Pr eceptr ess ofthe Gir l ’s Hall ;Mr .

Hitchcock, T r easurer ;Mr . Klein, Super intendentofthe Fa rm; andMr .

Kennedy, Superintendentof Ca rpentry andMr .McKibban,bor rowed fr omMaconschool, a r e pr esentto super visethe necessa ry work, for Touga loocannotbe closed a day. With its fa rmand for estand its shops, itistobecome forthe SouthwestwhatHamptonis forthe EasternSouth . Maythe Lordpromptsome of his stewa rdsto make investments he r e whichwil l br inginaten- fold inter estforthe nationand for heaven!

The dining- ha l l shows a numbe r oftables we ll fi lled atmea ltimes .Mostinter estinga r ethetenlittle gir ls whomMiss Emer sonhastakentobringupto womanhood with habits of industry and economy, and withcha r acter s pur e and joyous. Each day has its routine forthemthe bedroom

,the dining- room,

the kitchen,the sewing- room,the lessonhou r ,theplaytime andthe period for per sona l advice and r eligious instruction, havetheir appropriate butnever - forgottenplace .

Ther e ar e a dozenofthe large gir ls, youngwomenwho dothe washing,

“cleanhouse,” cookthe daily mea ls and can fruitfromthe ga rden

and or cha rd forthe Sunday -nightdish of sauce duringthe coming yea r .

Pa rtofthese ar e gir ls inthe r egu la r domestic cour se, a few ar e kepttowork fortheir board and instruction r atherthanhavethemobligedto gointothe cottonfields athome under unscrupulous over seer s. These gir lshave a long, busy day, forthe work neededto keep any one ofthe gr eatboa rdingschools inefficientoper ationwould surprise any one of our contributingfr iends who has never beenth ro'themil l .

The boys—little fel lows some ofthemonly seventy -two inchesta ll intheir ba r e feet—comprisethe r egula r students inthe industrial cour sesthe

baker ,the butcher or meatboy,the ir r epr essible Johnboy of allwork

aboutthe kitchenthenthe stock,the fa rm

,the carpenter andblacksmith

appr entices,together with sever a l keptfor gener a l help, for work of annuusualmagnitude wasto be undertakenthis vacation.

The Gir l 's Hal l,a gr eatth r ee story buildingwith seventhousand five

hundr ed squa r e feetof ground plan, had been slowly settlingintothistr eacher ous a l luvium, which isth r ee hundr ed feetdeeptothe fir stsandandgr avel , untilthebuildingwas indange r of fa l ling. Southerncontr actor sadvisedtakingitdownbecause itcouldnotbe safely r epair ed. Butthe AmericanMissionar y Association’s force was equaltothe emergency. Theweight,withthe r esultingstrains andth rusts

,was ca lculated. Concr ete footings

of sufficientar ea wer e planned, br ick pier s and heavytimberingwer e skillful ly placed, andthe buildingwill stand strongerthannew andmuch improved inplan.

Ifthese youths, who pul led onthe forty- eightgr eatjack- scr ews,

liftingandblockingupthe buildingsectionby section,who excavated ex

actlytothe sur veyor’

s stakes,whomixed concr ete andmortar , who fr amed

F r oma Teacher inthe TennesseeMountains. 285

andhandledthe huge hardpine timber s, who earnestly unde rtookwhatever wastoldthem—forthis was new and str ange work—ifthese youthshadnotbeen Negr oes,the outside wor ld would have beengladto picturetheminmagazine and r eview.

The writer has had a long experience as master of a boy’

s boardingschool inthe North

,situated in a village which also contained a young

ladies'

semina ry . Hadthose youngpeople beenas sober and in earnestasthese dusky- skinned ones

,as fr ee frommidnightmischief, howmany

weary vigils would he have escaped!

The r eligious life atTouga loo does notcease withtermtime . Two orthr ee youngmengo outto hold Sunday services inthe countr y cabins,the

Sunday- school is ful l andthe Olde r ones ser ve asteacher s

,for many chil

dr encome infromsur r oundingfields,makinga school of near ly one hundredteacher s andpupils . The youngpeople ’

s society meeting each Sun

day afternoon, andthe pr ayermeetings onSunday andWednesday eveningsar e cha r acte r izedby a quiet

,ea rnestCh ristianity,thatwoulddo cr editto

any circle inour NorthernStates.

F R OMA TEACHER IN THE TENNE S SEEMOU NTA INS .

Letmetel l you Ofthe gener alinter estmanifestinsever a l ofthe counties westandnorth of us inattendingthis school . One of our students hasvisited many cabins overthe mountains dur ing his vacation

,and finds

school advantages ver y scar ce and poor . He finds poverty and degr a

dation, and ignor ance ofthe wor ld and of books. Some ofthe people ar e

stillusingthe Old-timemethodof kindlingtheir fir es by dintand steel instead of matches . He has metmany youngpeople who a r ethir sting forbooks and school, has a lso found number s who have struggled upth roughthe darkness and have becometeacher s intheir ownneighborhood, theblind leadingthe blind.

”Such a lmostinva r iably wishto cometo our

school and saythey sha l l be her e as soon astheir schools close . Manyaretoo poorto come . This istr ue of a number of younggir ls who wouldcome ifthey could wor ktheir board or in any possible way pay for it.Whoever wil l provide fundsto meetthe expenses oftheseneglectedgir ls,andplacetheminour school and pr epa r ethemforthe futur e duties of

life, wil l be doinganangelic work, and inthe endwil l dothe gr eatestgoodthatcanbe donetothis people. Ver y much ofthe money spentforthismountainpeople willbethe same asth rownaway ifthis efiortis notmadetoeducatethe gir ls.

The natives ar e havingtheir bigyea r lymeetings and livelytimes shoutingand actua l ly chasing each other in and a roundtheir logchurchestopullthemtothe mourner ’s bench ,” and, intheir wild efforts,they upsetstove pipes andbenches. Itis so much like a circusthateverybody r unstothe bigmeetings .

286 Signs of P r ogr ess .

SI G NS OF PR OG R E SS .

or run. a. 0. mmE very little while, some article givingultra views of The Problem,

gets intothe pape r s, sometimes paintinga roseate - hued pictur e, and again

some one, who does notfind people of dusky hue all angels, writesthatther e is no hope thatallexperiments leadingto intel lectual and especiallytomor al elevationa r e failur es ; andthatshe (as one wrote) is r eady or almostr eady, toth row awaythe Bible and advisethenegroesto be honestlyheathen.

I will indicate a fewplainsigns of progr ess. The negroes ar e r apidlylearningself- control . Six yea r s ago,if apackagewas leftinthe hall ov er night,ther e would be signs inthemorningthatithadbeenmeddledwith . The

contentsmightbe allther e—I have notfoundthemgr eatly giventopeculation

,fromthe fir st—butthey did notseemto havethe powerto r esistthetemptationto peep. Now,

this is never done a package of any kind

may be leftwher e itis fr eely accessible for weeks,anditwil l be untouched.

The fir sttime a fir e occur r ed in our neighborhood, whata panicther e was ! All wer e scr eaming andtear ing about,trunks we r e draggedoutof r ooms, and one boyth r ew his outOf a second story window. Itwasallwe couldpossibly doto quietthemand r estor e order . Sincethen,therehas beena fi r e sonear asto scor chthe r eaifence andnopanic,no scr eaming,ha rdly a studentlefthis room. Former ly, onthe r eceiptof badnews, asthe intel ligence ofthe death of a friend, itwas notuncommon for onetohave a fitof hyster ics or somethingr esemblingitnow,

suchnews is received

with deepfeelingindeed, andwithtear s, butno hyste rics or fitof any kind.

Ther e is,a lso, a gr andgrowth inthe sister virtue of gr atitude . Inthis,they havemor eto overcome

, probably,thanin any other matter , for her ethey ca r r y aninher itance of gr eatweight, fromthe old slave days. Whyshouldthey be gr ateful P Whatchanceto exercisethe feeling3 Itbecame,likethe eyes ofthe fish inthe Styx ofMammoth Cave, useless, andto allap

pea r ances disappea r ed. Butthe germisther e,and with lightitwill

againcometothe sur face .

I could cite scor es Of anecdotes. I will givebutone, andI givethis because italso il lustr ates amostloveabletr aitof char acter which aboundsamongthese people—sympathy for suffer ing. Mr s. H . andmyse lf startedone day,to dr ive fromNew Iberiatothe Avery sa ltmine

,sometenmiles

distant. ItwasMonday followinga ha rd Sunday’

s work speaking ; itwasas hotas days canbe outinthe Teche country, and whena little morethanhalf wayther e, I was suffer ingfromater rific headache . We weretoofa rto goback, and so drove on. Ar r ivedatthe Island

,

”we drove

,as di

r ected,tothe boarding house, seeking a place where I could atleastlie down,to find only a shed filled withtables

,wher ethe men ate

, goingelsewhe r eto sleep. I askedMr s. H .to drive onand, holdingonbehindthe

288 Obitua r y—Bitof E sper ience.

Another of our educated, consecr ated and useful color ed pastor s haspassed away. R ev . WelbomWr ight, pastor ofthe Second Congr egationalChur ch of Lawr ence, Kansas , died athis home

,Augustt4rh , of consumption. He was borninSouth Ca rolina, and hadbeenpastor ofthe chu r ch

inLawr ence over six year s . He was a manofthought, ea rnestinhis convictions, and had acquir ed a la rge influence over his ownpeople. His

chur ch hadprosper edgr eatly under his ca r e .

He wonthe esteemofthe white people. Two year s ago he was e lectedamember ofthe Boa rd of Educationofthe city, andproved himselfto beamanof good judgmentinpr actica l affair s . His funer a l was attended byR ev . D r . Gordley, R ev . R . B. Pa rke r and R ev . A. N. R icha rds . He was

Secr etar y oftheMinister ’sMeetingof Lawr ence, and r esolutions of warmcommendationand sympathy for his family wer e passedbythatbody, andalso bythe Board of Educationof Lawr ence.

We have justlearnedthatMr . A . J . Be rger , former ly industria lteacheratMacon, Georgia, died atCla r emont, Virginia , September 2d

,atthe age

of sixty - six year s.

News has also cometo us ofthe death ofMiss J . P. Br adshaw,a formerteache r atTougaloo Univer sity,Miss . For five year s she br ave ly battled

for life, butfina lly died of consumption.

S T U DE NT ’S LE TT E R .

A BIT OP E!PER I ENCE .

or A r umsonBr oom.

Notlongsince I was for cibly r eminded ofthe work and worth oftheschools ofthe AmericanMissiona r y Associationby witnessingthe ser vices

ina chur ch . Ina roomla rge enoughto comfortably seatone hundredwer e ful lytwo hundr edandfifty, anda large crowdhoveringaboutthe door .Ther e was abundance of singingand pr aying. The songs wer emostly onthe solo and chorus style—notsettomusic, whatwe cal l plantationor

made - upsongs.

” While singing,the leader adds new wordsto suithisfancy and emotiona l fer vor ;thusthe songoftenundergoes sever al changesof words inthe cour se of a fewmonths, allthetime r etainingthe sametune.

This is whatismeantby made - upsongs. Amongthose ofmy people inwhomthe emotionaltide runs highthis kind Of singingis wrypoprda r .

Inthatmeeting, while singingthe lastpartof each songthe audiencewould rise andturntheir backstowa rdthe pulpit. One startedthe pr ayer s,

BitofMar ion“ . 289

butsoonthemultitude of voicesmade itimpossibleto knowwhowas leadingor whatwas beingsaid. Theminister came inlate. He slowlyturnedthe pages ofthe Bible until he found histext. With amurmur ingvoice heread a few ver ses andbeganpr eaching. Movingofi slowly, like anexpr esstr ain

,he soongather ed a r apid motionof body and a furious r attling of

words. With head downandthe white of his eyesturned upward he keptupa constantspittingandwalkingfor forty or forty - fiveminutes. Allthewhilethe hea r er s r espondedwithth r illing animation. The sermonover

,the singingwas sta rted as befor e for a long jubilee . A fewnights ago, atsuch ameeting, notfa r fromthe writer 's chur ch, a youngwomansomutilated her head while goingth rough amuscula r jubilation,thatshe hadtogotothe doctorto have her head r epair ed.

Lessthana quarter of amile awaywas another audience,notone - fourthas large asthe one r efer r edto above, with an educated pr eacher , wor shipinginthe spiritwiththe propr iety andwiththe gentleness ofthe gospel .So unlike wasthe deportmentand so differ entwasthe char acter ofthetwoaudiencesthatbutfortheir common color one mighthavethoughtthatthey wer e composed oftwo distinctr aces . The questionmay be asked,

whatmakesthe differ ence ? They ar ethe same people, wor shipingthesame G od outofthe same Bible . Educationandthe lack of itmakethediffer ence .

The conductof audiences likethe fir sther e spokenof seemsto va ry

withthe style ofthe speaker . I once pr eachedto such a congr egation.

Their beh avior was order ly. Dur ingthe sermontheir r esponses wer e a

few amens . Knowingtheir habitinwor ship, I was somewhatannoyedwiththethoughtthatI was muzz lingtheir feelings andthe sooner I gotthroughth e gladderthey wouldbe . Thatclass of people have a way of

callingtheminister “Cold water pr eacher , " if he does notpr eachthem

into something like a spell of ha llucination. Their composur e ledmetobelieveth atI would earnthetitle . Stil l I endur ed, andendeavor edto givethe plaintruth plainly and ea rnestly havinga strongfeelingthatas I wasinauthority Imustcommand inthe r ightway . After dismission

,many saidtome Y ou gave usthe pur e word andwe enjoyed itThat's whatwe

need, said another . I was heartily invitedto come again. I find now

I amwelcome withthatpeople.

The fields a r e white a l r eadyto har vest. Gr eatisthe Opportunity ofthe rich and enlightened churches . The helpfulness of our schoolstomypeople andtothe country, is beyond ca lculation. Our missionary schoolsare like so many lighthouses alongthis dark beltofthe Union. Their

lightis beingr eflected bythousands of color ed youth who withouttheseschools would have grownupingross ignor ance.

This bringsto mind anincidentof my life, which now I believe wasprovidential . Seventeenyear s ago, whenmy educationwas very limited,while workingina r estaur ant, I visited Ta lladega Col lege andwas deeply

290 F ortY am,Mata .

impr essedwiththe school , andthe intelligence andadvancementofthe boys .

I decidedthatI would enter school immediately, and did so,thoughmymoney was scarce and a fewweeks befor e I hadagr eedto continue wor k inthe r estaur antattwelve dol la r s per month, board andbed furnished. Thatwas goodwages for a boy ofmy age, butI knownowthatgivingitupand

goingto school was athousandtimes higher wages for me. I feltmy imper fections so keenlythenI was ashamedtota lktothe boys inthe col

lege . The stimulationfor aneducation, which I r eceived onthatvisittoTa l ladega Col lege has never leftme . I r egard itmostfortunate for anignor antyoungmanto visitour bestschools .

TH E IN D IAN S

POR T Y ATE S . DAKOTA .

nu n. 0. counts.Duringthe r ecentmeasles epidemic a large number of childr endiedonthe Agency. Atthis vil lage, a little child had been conjur ed untiltheythoughtitwas dying, andthenthey sentfor me. I foundthe poor little

one allbruised withthe hands ofthe conjur er . I showedthemother howto bathe it, and I poulticedtheth roatand sentJosephine over againtochangethe poultice, and she r eportedthe child as br eathingquietly. The

nextmorningthe swellinghadgone downandthe baby seemedmuch better allday itcontinuedto improve, andthe nextday satupand ate rice

soupwhich I car ried it. Themother said,

She is well now I said,

0,no

,she is notkeep her inthe houseth r ee days and I will visither ,thenshe will be well per haps. I f anIndianis notina dying condition

,they donotconsider anythingthe matter . So, after I left, shetook herchild outandwa lked abouttwomiles. The child caughtcold, andthatafternoongr ew wor se . They had anIndianto conjur e it

,and itdied imme

diately . They sentfor meto come and pr ay withthem. Josephine wentfor E lias, andwe wenttothe desolate home . The baby had beendead an

hour andwas closed upina box,the gr andfather singingamourningsong,themother wailing, Omy daughter , my daughter , I loved her and she

has leftme.

” Over and over again she cried outin her sor row. The

gr andmother had cuther flesh,andthe str eams of blood running down

fromher hair over he r face onlymade all seemmor e desolate, and mor eweird andter rible. They wer etryingto be Indians, and yetthey hadasked for meto come . I suppose itwasto givethe childthe ful l benefitof both r eligions, sothatther e shouldbe nomistake inthe futur e wor ld.

My Bible class now number sten; six ofthemar e candidates forchurchmember ship. One ofthemspoke very nicely atour lastpr ayer

292 Our chime in Ohina .

willillustr ate howunstablethey ar e. Onemansoldthr es young hor ses for abouthallwhatthey were worth . He hadjabouteightacres of wheat,twelve acres of corn, andanacre of oats, allotwhich§he abandonedtog0 80uth ,though allhis croplm 'fl

fine and hadbeenwellwor kedbyMarcel] .

TH E CH IN E S E .

OU R CH INESE IN CHINA .

atan. w. o. roan, an.

This is anoldtheme,butitpr esents fr esh aspects fromtimetotime.

I amquite sur ethatthe r eader s oftheMrssromutv wil l be inter ested inthese extr acts fromth r ee compa r atively r ecentletter s“MY D EAR Pa s'

r on:“Since I leftfor my home, I amper fectly well and safe . I amvery

gladthatI hava ’tgotany pe r secutioncometome . Itoldmy pa r entsthefir stthingwhenI r eachedmy homethatI don’twor shipthe idols andtheancestor s when I ma r ry . They did notsay anythingexcept, Do whatyou please, ’ andthen IthoughtI could stopthe brideto wor shiptoo.

They said, She couldn't,

’

[i. e. couldnotbe pr evented fromwor shiping] .Inthe day Imar r ied, whenthe bride wor shipthe ancestor sthe spectator sca l ledme saying, Mr . Fung Jung, go, wor shipwiththe bride.

’ Mymother answer edthem

,

‘Thatis all r ight, he did wor ship.

’

Two days

after,the newsthatI did notwor shipthe ancestor s r eached my wife’

s

pa r ents. They immediately send a womantome and askedme whatwasthematte r I didnotwor shipthe ancestor . I explainedto he r as wel l as ]could andthenshe wenthome . Though I stay very firmfor Jesus Christ,I amvery sor r ythatI couldnotconvertmy family yet. Do pr ay formeand forthose who donotknow Ch r ist. ”

Itmay be r ema rked inexplanationofthis somewhatsingu lartoler ationof FungJung’

s faith and conductas a Ch r istian,thathe hadbeenamerchantfortwo orth r ee yea r s befor e he r eturned, and incomparisonwithhis r elatives athome

,and per haps withthe aver age of r eturningChinese,

was a prosperous and somewhatwell -to- doman. And itis oftenr emarkedthatif a son or a brother cangetgood luck inCalifornia he may havewhatever r eligion he pleases. Thatis whatChinese r eligionis f or—itssole utility—to getfor its patrons good luck, and ifthis is gained, andthesonor brother hasmoneyto divide, his r eligionwil l be accepted as satisfactory, onthe groundthatithas workedwel l inhis case.

JOE JET IN SEAR CH OF AMISSIONAR Y .

Joe Jetisthe Ch r istianmer chant(once a he lper inour mission)towhomwa s entr ustedby our br eth r enthetask of inaugur atingtheir mis

Our Chinese in China . 293

sionarywork inthe distr icts fromwhichthey came. The letter fromhimthatI amaboutto quote r eachedme somemonths ago. I have crossedthe stormy oceanand safely r eachedmy country. I have seen TsingKi,FungFoo and allmy friends atHongKong. G odprotectedme . Andwetalked aboutour missionar y society, how we should go on. Thenweagr eetotryto have one goodCh ristianbrother , his nameMooHingShing.

He canboth pr each andteach . We know he is belongingtothe Pr esbyterianChur ch, butwe desir edto employ him. ThenI leftHong Kong

andwenthometo seemy par ents, wife and allmy r elatives. I stay hometendays,thentake my way, goto findwher eMoo HingShanis. I gothroughthe chapel of KongMoon,thenSanWao city, andthengotto SanChingFanand inquir e howto getmy wayto seeMoo Hing Shan. The

preache r atthatchapel say, he ’

s inNor FooMarket, and so, finally, Imeethimther e . Ithenta lk overthe new stor y with him. He like ver y wel ltowork in our society, buthe hadteached and pr eached inthatplacesevenyea r s and allthese br eth r enand schola r s cannotleave him. The

missiona ry say he couldnotlethimleave, because he is atr ue Ch r istianuotoneto beginbelieving andthen stop. He cannotdecide yet. He

willthink aboutit. If he sur e he cannotleavether e,thenwe findanother .

”

Athird letter is froma brother who has r ecently r eturned fromChina .

Itspeaks of goodnews he has r eceived fromhome—news ofthe baptismof six per sons—onemanand five women. Aboutsome ofthese womenour brothe r knows something, and says: One ofthe womenwas aboutsixty yea r s of age . Her brother was a Ch ristian and a pr eacher , andthrough her brother she gainto be a Ch ristian. Afterthis she encounteredmanytr ia ls, especia lly with her son’

s wife. He r sonwas in California

, and his wife andtwo children lived with his mother . After she be

came a Ch ristianboththe childr endied. Their mother qua r r el with her

because she wil l notwor shipthe idols. Then her brother ,the pr eacher ,died. Thenshe her self wastakenvery sick . We miss herth r ee Sabbathdays. Thattime no Chinese pr eacher wasther e, and only myself and,Perhaps,one ortwo Ch ristianbrother s with me atthe chapel . So I ask

one ofthemto go with meto see for whatcause she was absent. She

lived aboutfivemiles frommy place . We r eachthe village,meeta youngmanoutsidethe village, ask him‘

whe r e isthe Ch r istianwoman’

s house

He saidto us,Followme .

’

So we fol low himstr aightto her house andthatyoungmanlivether e. So I found she was sick. Th r ee womenwer einthe house, one ofthemthe son’s wife . These womensaidto us

,I f she

notbe a Ch r istianyou would notcometo her .

’ My answer ,‘

Certainlynot; if I nota Ch ristianmyself I wouldnotcome her e .

’

So I beginto havea littleta lktothemandtel lthemwho isthetrue G od and howmuch G odlove us all

,and how Jesus died for us. Afterthis I gavethema pr aye r .

They feltver ymuch pleasedto hea r it. They gaveme some pr esentto

294 B ur eau of Woman’s Wor k.

take home,and soonthe womangotall well . Thenshe wentwith her

brothe r ’s widowto Hong Kongand leave her son’s wife athome . Then

she a lso became a Ch ristianwoman, ve ry faithful, a lthough a gr eatmanypeoplemake funof her and usemany badwords abouther . Shemustbeone ofthe five baptized.

”

Another letter froma Chinese brothertel ls me, My wife onetime,withthe Chinese women, keepSabbath day . So I amvery glad. WhenIwas athomemy wife say shetoo youngto be Ch ristianand afr aidthe people wouldmake funof her . Itold a Chinese pr eacher

’

s wife inChinatotr yto gether . I hope she will be ledthe Ch ristianway.

”

Sur elythe leaven,though little, is workinginChina, andthough itbebid ina gr eatmass of mea l, itwil l notcease its wor kingtillthe whole isleavened. China for Ch ristthis ourmotto, andthis our pr ayer .


S WO R K .

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CO- ormrme wmr m AuxmowMrssroma r Assoou r ios .

lis .—Woman's AidtoA.M. A. , ChairmanotComh im—Woman’s HomeMin. Union, Secr etar y ,mittee,Mr s. C. A. Woodbur y , Woodfords,Ms . Mr s. W . E .Mommas ,mmWayne, Ind.

V'r .—Woman's HomeMiss. Union, Secr eta r y, ILL—Woman’s HomeMiss. Union, Secr eta r y ,“Mr s . EllenOsgood,Montpelie r , Vt. C. B . Taintor , ialWashingtanSt, Chicago, Ill.

Conu.—Woman's HomeMiss . Union, Secr eta r y ,Mm.

—Womsn’s Homewas. Society . Secr etar y .Mr s. s .M. Hotchkiss, 171 Capitol Ave. , HartMinnKatha r ine Plant. 9061 Portland Avenue.Minneapolis,Minn.

'Msss. and R . L—Woman’s HomeMiss . Associa Iowa .—Woman’s HomeMin. Union,

sonata -

em,Miss Natalie Lord, Boston,Mass. Mine Ella E Har sh . G flnnell. 1mN . Y .

—Woman’s HomeMiss. Union, Secr eta r y , Ka rissa—Woman’s 3 01 1 10MIN »MOW' Secr eMr s. WilliamSpalding, Salmon Block, Syr a“1 7.M1 1! 0 L EPDG. TON “ Kan.

cuss , N. Y .Mica —Woman’s HomeMiss. Union, Secr etar y ,

ALL—Woman’sMissiona r y Union, Secr eta r y , Mr s.M6 17 3 WW II . “ 08 1 11 5Mich .Miss S. S. Evans, Birmingham, A13 .

Win—Woman’s HomeMiss. Union, Secr etar y ,Mien—Woman’sMiss. Union, Secr etar y ,Miss Mr s. C.Matte r , 3 70611000. W10

sm J , Humph r ey , Tougaloo,Miss .Nun—Woman's HomeMiss. Union, Secr eta r y,

Tm. and Anx.—Woman’sMissiona r y Unionor Mr s L F . Ber r y .724N Broad St. PmmonaNon

Centr al South Confer ence Secr ets m COLORADO—Woman's HomeMiss. Union, Secre

AnnaM. Oahu] , NMVIIIO, 1

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I" tar y ,MP8 . 8.M. Packard. Pueblo, 0010.

80m Da ms —Woman’s HomeMiss . UnioMi“ ”NON Emmi w“ “ W Pr esident,Mr s.

'r .M. Hills, Sioux Falls ; as?nie Fyie , 490CanalSt. , NewOr leans , La. r eta Mr s. W. R . Dawes, R edfl eid Tr easur er ,

Fan—Woman's HomeMiss . Union, Secr eta r y , Mr s. E “5 014, L5 3 0Mr s. NathanBa r rows, Winger pnk , Fla .Norms Daxon.

—Woman's HomeMiss Society ,OHIO—Woman's HomeMiss. Union, Secr etar y , gfi ‘d

fififigl‘f: mf‘fififi‘Mr s . Flor a K. R egal, Ober lin, Ohio. Fish er , Fa rgo.

'Forth e purpose of exactinformation, we notethatwhileth e appea r s inth e listasa State body forMass . and R . L, ithas certainauxilia r ies elsewh er e .

We would suggesttoallladies connectedwithth e auxilia ries of StateMissiona r y Unions ,thatfunds forth e Ame r icanMissionar y Associationbe sentto usth r oughth etr easur er s Oith e Union.Car e, however , should betakento designateth emoney as forth e Amer icanMissiona r y Anociation,since undeugriatedmnds willnotr each us.

296 Our Y oung F ol/cs .

fathe r ,mother , five childr en,two pitiful little orphans,to whomthemotheroutofthe kindnessofher hea rthasgivenshelte r , anda youngmananda youngwomanas boa rder s . Themothertoils ha rdeachdayto furnish br ead forthelittle ones

,and does whatshe canto keep her family r espectable . The

father is whatistermed,no ’

count. ” He has no r egula r employment,but

,whenso inclined

,will chopwood, andthus ea rna few dimes . Their

house is lightedby one sma ll window,inwhich bunches of r ags andpape r s

supplythe absence of glass. The roomis heatedby anOldfir e -place,whichis cr umblingto decay. The furnitur e consists oftwo str awbeds cover ed

with r agged quilts, a little pinetable, and four brokenchair s . I need nottel l you ofthemor al atmospher e which exists insuch a home. Y etthis isonly atype ofthe home we seetoo oftenwhenwe a r emakingour round of

cal ls.

SACR IF ICES FOR ED U CAT ION .

Our school r efuses none onaccountof age . Pupils a r ethe r e, fromthelittleth r ee -

year- oldwho attendsthe Kinny -garten,” asthey cal l it,tothose

who a r e forty and fifty yea r s old. I have been exceedingly inter ested in

one womanwho is now attending school inthe pr imary room. She saidto me :“I done sentmy daughter sth rough school and now IthoughtI

wouldtry and geta little educationmyself. ”One ofthe good brother s wel l expr essedthis idea of sacr ifice onthe

partofthe pa r ents forthe educationoftheir childr enwhenhe said,

I

only wantsto be a stepping- stone for my childr en. I f I canhelpthemtor ise higherthanI have got,thatis all I ask.

One poor womantoldme she spentlessthana dol la r per week for pr ovisions for a family of eightper sons inorderto savemoneyto keephe rchildr eninschool .

The Oldestpupil inmy school,amanoverthirty yea r s of age, saidto

me one day, I wish I could have goneto school whenI was young, for asa fellow grows older , his r emembr ance comes shorte r .

"


Two little gir ls , abouteightandnine yea r s Old, have justbeento myroom. The olde r one said

,This yer e chile wants a dr essto wea rto

Sunday - schoolto-mor row,and he r ma says if itdon’tfitshe cancutit03

andmake itove r . I found amongthe contents ofthe lastba r r el a pr ettyblue ginghamthatfitted. I amsur ethe one who sentthe dr ess would havefelthappy if she could have seenthe glad look ofthe child as she r eceived

it. I foundthe older little gir l was notattending any day- school , and

whenI asked her whatshe didto helpathome,she r eplied, I don’tdo

nothing, butstay athome andtote wood andnoticethe house.

R eceipts . 297

The childr enmay be inte r ested in a question asked by a little gir l inthethirdgr ade . She said,My pa wants I should ask you whetherthe

childr enof Isr ael ,thatMoses led outof Egypt, wer e black people, or’

whitepeopleI have beenteachingnea r ly six weeks . The house is a cheap fr ame

one with a fi r e - place atone end. Itis supplied with five benches,two ~

desks and a blackboa rd. Onthose sma ll benchestwenty - five or mor e '

childr enmustbe seated. Itis ha rdto keepthembusy, as ver y few havethe books whichthey need. Many a r e justlea rningto r ead,and some ofthese a r emakingexcellentprogr ess .

Atfir stitseemed asthoughthe schola r s wouldfightonthe leastprovocation. I fther e had notbeen a few who had attended another of our ‘

schools, I do notknow whatI should have done, butthose few did notfight. Th eir deportmentinthe school - roomwas a lso good. Nowther e isscar cely any fighting. Atfir stseve r a l br oughttobaccoto school, butitwas nota l lowedto be used, and so is notbroughtnow.

One day a gir l was atthe board doinga simple sumin addition,th r ee

plus four ; she putdownnine asthe entir e sum. WhenI asked her whatthr ee plus four was equa lto, she said seven. Ithenasked her why she

didnotputthatdown; she said, Dunno howtomake a sebenandso ’loweddatwould do.

”One youngmanhas cometo school butfour ha lf days, .

yethe has lea rnedto wr ite his ownname legibly and canr ead some. He

could spe ll r ightsmartbefor e he came .

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echowhich wetrustwill r eve rber ate with steady for ceth rough allthe yea r sto come. Inthe T r easur er ’s r eportthe figur es we r e givenastothe appr o

pr iationsmade fromthe income ofthis Eund duringthe year ; inthe G ener a l Sur vey Cheeringstatements wer e made astothe many pupils ithadstimulatedto industr y and education, andthe buildings ithad er ected; andinsever al ofthe paper s and addr esses

, gr ateful mentionwas made ofth ebenefits confer r edby it. Wetrustthatother la rge giver smay be stimulatedto follow inthe footsteps of one who has so wisely invested hismoney forthe upliftingofthemostneedy inour land.

A r ecentletter fromMr . Hand shows his deepsolicitudethathis giftsha l l be used forthe highestmor a l and r eligious purposes. He says : I

have fea r edthattheteacher s mightbemor e concerned for letter sthanformor als. My bequestwas givento you chiefly as a r eligious society. R e ligionisthe fi r st, chiefestandbestof itall. "

THE LITE R ATU R E OF THEMEETING .

This pr esents a genuine case ofthe embar r assmentof r iches. W'

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neve r hadbetter . We wish all our fr iends mighthavethe opportunityforthe ca r eful study of it, for itis worththeirtime and attention.

Ful l r eports ofthe proceedings wer e made daily inthe Chicago Inte rOcean. They wer e all gather ed into a supplement, and have alr eady

beenwidely scatte r ed. Some copies a r e stil l on hand atour Ofi ces in

New Y ork,Boston

, Cleveland and Chicago, and canbe had onapplication.

The annua l sermon, as usua l,wil l be printed withthe Annua l R eport.

This number oftheMISSIONAR Y (an enla rged number ) will containth eMinutes andthe officia l paper s, including r eports andthe speeches uponthem, (the latter necessa rily somewhatabr idged) Secr eta r ies’ paper s, andthe closing addr ess of R ev . D r . Taylor . Othe r paper s and addr esses

,

includingthe R epr esentative Addr esses, wil l be published her eafter as f a r

as pr acticable insubsequentnumber s oftheMISSIONAR Y or in someother form.

NOTICES F R OMTHE PR E SS .

F R OMTHE ADVANCE .

Nomeetingofthe Amer icanMissionary Associationhas ever beenbette rthanthis lastone. D r . WilliamM. Taylor , who with such consummatefelicity combines so many ofthe bestchar acter istics ofthe Scotch ,th eEnglish andthe Y ankee, pr esided. Thetopics ofthe sever a l paper s andaddr esses

,though cove ringa la rge r ange ofthought, all convergedtothe

samemainpoint, and wer e especia lly pertinenttothe hour . Those who

hadbeeninvitedto pr epa r e pape r s showed,bythe manifestpainstheytook withthem

,their sense ofthe importance ofthe occasion. They

Notices f r omthe P r ess. 383

broughtthe r esults oftheir bestandmostearnestthinking. And itis r ar ethatsuch speaker s ar e confrontedby amor e ea rnest, intelligentand sympathetic audience .

Themeetingwas a good one in eve r y r espect; itis noteasyto overestimate eithe r its delightfulness or itsmor a l power . Itis notpossible fora greatsocietyto place befor e itself amor e eminently Ch r istlike purpose.

Ithas beengr eatly honor ed of G od inits r esultsthus far . Andnodecentlyintelligenthistor y of America wil l ever failto notethe vital and decisivelycritical partwhich , inthe Providencethatover r ules all histor y, has beengiventothis sotimely and so sagaciously Ch r istianorganizationtotake inpreparingthe va r ious despised r aces of Ame r ica for good citizenship inour common countr y, sothatNegro, Indian, Chinaman and whateverother r ace r epr esentatives a r e amongusmay singinglor ious unison Mycountry ’tis ofthee, sweetland of liberty

F R OMTHE CONG R EG AT IONALIST .

The Annua lMeetinginChicago was r ema r kable inmany r espects . Allthe sessions wer e good. Ther e was nota lkingagainsttime . Ther e wer e

no displays of eloquence. No one spoke for effect. The r uling desir eseemedto beto getatthe facts, andto learnthe lessons whichtheyteach .

Subjects wer e car eful ly groupedtogether , sothatatthe close ofthemeetingone feltthatthe four fold cha r acter ofthe wor k ofthe Associationhadbeenful ly and intelligently pr esented. Speeches we r e a lmostentir elybythose whose names wer e onthe progr amme, and who,ther efor e, hadgiventime andthoughttothe matter s on whichthey hadbeen invitedtoenlighten other s. E ve r y one came withthe ideathathemy “ speak,thathe h adthe libe rty ofthe floor

,and yetfew car edto usethis liberty.

Debate is good, butonmatter s which concernthetr eatmentof mor ethantenmil lions of people—eightof Negroes,two of mountain whites, besidesIndians and Chinese— extempor e addr esses a r e notthe bestuse oftime ;As a r e sultofthis pr epar ation, Wednesday,the day whenmostofthepape r s we r e r ead, wil l compa r e favor ably withthe bestdays ofthe AmericanBoa rd. The ability ofthe younge r meninour denominationwas conspicuous . None of our gr eatbenevolententerprises will suffe r intheir hands.

Wh ilether e was gr eatseriousness,the r e was also evidenthopefulness,and an unshaken confidence inthe powe r ofthe gospelto r emove allthediffi cu lties inthe r ace problem,

the Indianandthe ‘

Chinese questions, andinthetr eatmentoftheMountainWhites . While a unitinsentimentastoth e importance ofthe school

,the conventionseemedtobe equa l ly a unitastoth e importance of making itamissiona r y school

,and of keepingitin

closestunionwiththe chur ch . The convictionseemedtopr evailthatto;epa r atethe one fromthe othe r would

,inthe highestdegr ee, be unfor

:unate . Itwas evident, furthermor e,thatthe wor k ofthe Associationhasmly ju stbegun,thatno backwa rd stepcanbetaken, andthatthe chur ches

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oughtto give la rger sums forthe supportofthe Associationyea r by year .Itdeser ves, andwil l r eward,their confidence and gene rosity .

FR OMTHE CHR IST IAN U NION .

The AnnualMeetingofthe Amer icanMissiona ry Association,held in

Chicago lastweek, and of which a full accountwil l be found e lsewhere,broughtoutanewthe dir ectness and ene rgy with whichthis society isbringingits aidtothe solutionof some ofthemostimmediate and perplex

ingpr oblems inthis countr y. The Negro,the Indianandthe Chinese aiethe especia l objects of its ca r e,and ithas r ender ed immense ser vicetothese r aces inthis countr y, notonly by its dir ectanswe rtothe appealfor

helpwhich comes, consciously or unconsciously, fromall ofth em,butby

its educationa l influence uponthe countr y atla rge . The importance ofthe r ace questioninthe South cannotbe over stated, and itis a questionthe ver y gr avity of whichmakes all pa rtisanshiponeither sidethe gr avestoffense againstthe welfa r e ofthe countr y . The Amer icanMissiona ry Association, plantingitse lf r esolutely onthe pr inciple of equa l justiceto all

r aces onour continent, and holdingfi rmlytothemethod of Ch ristianeducation, holds distinctleader shipinthe only dir ectionwhich canbringper

manentpeace and safety . Ther e is no missiona r y wor k inthe wor ld so

urgentand so importantasthatamongthe Negroes ofthe South . Itisnotoftenthatthe work of a gr eatAssociationis so plainlyma r ked, commends itself sothorough lytothe supportofthe countr y, and conve rges so

dir ectly uponthosethings which a r emosturgentintheir demand uponthe bestthoughtofthe bestcitizens, asthe work ofthe Ame r icanMissionr

ary Association.

FR OMTHE INDEPEND ENT .

Themeetingofthe AmericanMissiona r y AssociationinChicago hadno debated questionto excite diffe r ence. Allagr eethatthe meeting,

was

one ofthemostea rnestand effective inthe histor y ofthe Association.

Beginningwiththe openingsermonof D r .Mer edith , and closingwiththeaddr ess of D r . Taylor , allthe r eports and addr esses we r ethoughtful andpertinent. Some ofthe paper s onspecia ltopics wer e of a very high order ,

and itmay notbe invidiousto namethe r ema r kable pape r by ColonelKeating, ofMemphis, Tenn.

,which places hima longside of D r s . Cur ry

andHaygood amongthe leader s ofthoughtincr eatingthetrue New South.

F R OMTHE HAR TFOR D COU R ANT .

No society inallthis countr y of societies is doingnobler or mor e usefulworkth anthe one which has beenholdingits year lymeetingthis wed

336 B r ief Notes .

BR IE F NOTE S .

m. o. urn- a . punter m an.

A little swa rmof Busy Bees,”in Dover

,N. H . ,

have beenmakinghoney forthe needy childr en in one ofthemissions of our Association.

Their gift, amounting.to sixty - five dollar s, has beenusedto furnish a R ef

er ence Libr ary forthe school atWilmington, N. C . Special r ates wer ekindly givenus onbooks bythe Congr egationa l Sunday - school and PublishingSociety and other fi rms inBoston, sothatthis sixty - five dollar s furnished a number of ver y useful books. Have notthese Busy Bees in

New Hampshir e seta good exampleto other childr en’

s societies ?Speakingofthe Sunday - school and Publishing Society r emindsme oftwothings . The fir stisthe kindly inter estand gener ous helpofthatso

ciety inthe work beingdone bythe Associationinva rious fields. Liter atur e is abundantly supplied fromtheir pr ess, and in some instancestheyhave sentcolporteur s andmissiona r ies intothe va rious fields

,who do a

gr and goodwor k.

The otherthingsuggested by r efer encetothis society is a queer contributionwhich was broughtintoMr . Ha l l,amissionary ofthe AssociationatFortBerthold

,D akota . I chancedto bethe r e whenitwas br ought

in. Mr . H a ll hadtoldthe Indian boys and gir ls ofthe usefu l wor kdone bythe Sunday - school and Publishing Society indiffer entparts ofthe land. Ithas a lways beenthe policy ofthe Association, as our fr iendsknow

,to pr esentthe other Congr egationa l Societies inour missions, and

distributethe sma l l gifts which itis possible forthese poor peopleto give,amongthe differ entsocieties and notabsorb itall inthe Association.

These Indianboys hadnotmoneyto givetothe Sunday - school Society,butthey saw a pr emiumoffe r ed for killinggopher s. They a r e amischievous little anima l

, devour inga la rge amountof wheat,comand other gr ain

ever y yea r . The fa rmer s paytwo cents for each dead gopher . The pr oofthatthe gopher has beenkil led is histail . Nowthese little Indianboyshadbeenso inter ested inthe stor ytold ofthe wor k beingdone bythe Sunday

- school Society,thatthey spenttheir Saturday afternoonholiday sna r

inggopher s. They br oughtthetails inthe envelopes ofthe society, astheir contr ibution. Itook some ofthe envelopes, payingtwo cents apiecefor eachtail and broughtthemE astwith me. On one enve lope I foundthe following: R icha rd Fox. onetail . ” Whatcouldbemor e appropr iate!

Another of our Distr ictSecr eta r ies notlongsincetook a cup of cofi ee

ata lunch counte r keptby a color edmaninNorthe rnOhio. After paying,he spoke ofthe wor k ofthe AmericanMissiona r y Association. Th e

color edman’

s face litupatonce .

Ar e you inthatwor k ?Y es, I am.

”

Take backthatfifteencents,sir .

F orty -thir d AnnualMeeting ofthe A .MA . 337

FORTY-THIRD ANNUALMEETINGor m

Ame ricanMissiona ry A ssociation.

The Fotty-thirdAnnua lMeetingofthe AmericanMissionary Associationconvened inthe NewEnglandCongr egational Chur ch of Chicago, Ill. ,onTuesday, October 29, 1 889, at3 o’

clock P .M.The Associationwas calledto order bythe Pr esidentR ev. WilliamM.

Taylor , D .D . The hymn, “I lovethy kingdom, Lord, was sung, after

whichthe Pr esidentr eadthethirty- fifth chapter of Isaiah and ledthe Associationinpr ayer .

Dr . NormanSeaver , supplyingtempor arilythe pulpitofthe New England Chur ch, welcomedthe Association, and was r espondedto by D r .

Taylor .R ev . N. A.Mil lerd and R ev . E . N. Andr ews wer e appointedteller s,

andwhilethe rol l was beingmade out,Secr etary A. F . Beard r eadthe

portionofthe Constitution r elatingto member ship inthe Association.

R ev. J . C . Armstrong, of I llinois,was elected Secr eta ry , and R ev . E . S.

Williams, ofMinnesota, AssistantSecr etary .

The Pr esidentwas instr uctedto appointa NominatingCommittee.

The T r easur er , H. W. Hubbard, E sq. , pr esented his annua l r eportwithschedules andthe certificates ofthe auditor s. The r eportwas acceptedand r efe r r edtothe Committee onFinance .

Field Supe rintendentR ev . F r ank E . Jenkins r eadthe Gener al Sur veyofthe E xecutive Committee . The documentwas accepted andthe pa rtswer e r efer r edtothe specia l committeesto be appointed.

The Pr esidentappointedthe NominatingCommittee as fol lows R ev .

G. S. F . Savage, D .D . , R ev . H . P. Higley, D .D R ev . A. W. Archibald,R ev . A . B . Allenand R ev . A . C. Hodges.

The Associationwas led by Secr eta ry Str ieby ina concertof pr ayerwithth e worker s inthe field, R ev . PlavclBascom, D .D . ,

Distr ictSecr etaryR oy andmany other s pa rticipating, by r emarks or pr ayer s, inthe exer cises.

The NominatingCommittee r eportedthe followingcommittees,which

wer e appointedCommittee onB a rma n— R ev . G . H . Ide, D .D . , R ev . C. R . Bruce, R ev .M. W .Montgomery, R ev . D . P. Breed, R ev . E .M. Williams.

Committee on F inance—F . J . Lamb, E sq. , J . H .Moor e, E sq., Pres.

David Beaton, Pr es . AlbertSa lisbury and R ev . W. S. R ugby.

Committee of Ar r angements .

—R ev . NormanSeaver , D .D .,Wm. Dickin

son, E sq.,Wm. H . Br adley, E sq. ,

O . B. G r een, E sq. ,R ev . F . A. Noble

,

D .D . , J . H . Hollister ,M. D . ,DistrictSecr etary J . E . R oy .

388 F orty -thir d Annual N estingEVEN ING SESSION .

The exercises Tuesday evening openedwith a selectionbythe quartette choir ofthe New England Chur ch .

T he Associationwas calledto order by Pr esidentTaylor , and R ev . W .

B . Wright, D .D . r eadthe Scriptur e and led inpr ayer .

“Watchman,tel lus ofthe night, wasthensung, after which R ev . R . R .Mer edith, of NewY ork, pr eachedthe Annual Sermon, fromIsaiah xlii, r -

4.

The sermonwas followed bythe administr ationofthe Lord’

s Suppe r .

The followingnamed per sons officiated atthe ser vice :Minister s R ev .

H . P. Higley, D .D . ,R ev . G r ahamTaylor , D .D . Deacons S . D . Hastings,

W . H . Br adley, Wm. Dickinson, C. F . Gates, H . W. Hubbard and Chaun

cey Col lom.

Atthe close ofthe communionse r vice,adjournmentwastakentoWed

nesday at8 A .M.The benedictionwas pronounced by Pr esidentTaylor .

WEDNESDAYMOR NING .

The pr ayer -meeting from8to 9 o’

clock was led by Pr esidentE . D .

E aton. At9 o’

clock,PresidentEatonwas ca l ledtothe chairtempor ar ily,

andwas succeededbythe Vice- Pr esidentofthe Association,R ev . F . A.

Noble, D .D .

'

Theminutes ofthe pr evious day wer e r ead and approved.

The Pr esident, D r . Taylor ,thenr esumedthe chair .

The NominatingCommittee r eportedthe fol lowingspecia l committees,who wer e appointed

Committee onthe Chinese—R ev . H . A . Stimson, D .D . ,R ev . E . P. Good

win,D .D . ,

R ev . Wm. Walker,R ev . J . G . Aikman

, D . J . Pike, E sq.

Committee onthe Indiana—R ev . A . P. Foster,D .D . , G en. C. H . Howard

R ev . ClintonDouglass, R ev . C . V. Spear .

Committee onEducational Wor k—R ev . W. B. Wright, D .D . ,R ev . F . P

Woodbur y, D .Dt, R ev . Amos D r esser,R ev . H .M. Tupper , R ev . F . A .

R agland.

Committee onChur ch Wor k—R ev . G r ahamTaylor , D .D . , R ev . Wa r r enF . Day, R ev . L . B.Maxwel l

, S. D . Hastings, E sq., 0. Davidson. E sq.

Committee onMountain Wor k—R ev . D .M. Fisk, D .D . , R ev . S. E .

Lath rop, R ev . S. A. Norton,R ev . E . P. South

,R ev . W. E . Ba rton

,R obert

F . Wheeler , E sq.

A paper on The AmericanMissiona ry Association, its Place and

Wor k, was r eadby Secr etaryM. E . Strieby, and r efer r edto a committeeto be appointed.

Fol lowingthis, Secr eta ry A . F . Beard r ead a paper on TheMissiona r yView ofthe SouthernSituation," which was r efer r ed a lsoto a committeeto be appointed.

The r eportofthe Committee onthe Chinese Work was pr esented by

840 F orty -thir d Annua lMeetingspecialmessage ; and yetI knowthatthey will be gladto haveme expressto youtheir sentiments of sympathy with you in your work. The work is

one. Inca r ryingforwardthe work ofthe Amer icanBoa rd andthe AmericanMissionary Associationwe a r e obeyingthe same commandof our LordG o ye into allthe wor ld and disciple all. We a r e inspir ed bythe sameprophetic promises,thatthetime wil l come whenthis wor ld shallobeythecommand of G od as itis obeyed inheaven. In fact,this gathe r ingis initself atype ofthe unity ofthis wor k ; for as I look ar oundme I see br ethrenand sister s r epr esentingthe differ entsocieties inwhich we a r e allinter estedI seethemher e fromthe NewWestCommission; I seethe worker s andr epr esentatives of our HomeMissionar y Society ; I see, of cour se,manyr epr esentatives ofthe Amer icanMissionar y Association, andthose deeplyinter estedinthe work of our Amer icanBoard. Sothatwe have her e inthisverymeetinganil lustr ationofthese words ofthe Apostle: ‘

One Lord, one

faith,one baptism.

’Mr s. J . J .M. Angea r , incha rge of a Chinese Sunday- school inthe FirstCongr egationa l Chur ch , Chicago, spoke of her work, her Chinese choir

singing Stand upfor Jesus,” and later a ver se of SweetBy andBy, in

both English and Chinese.

R epr esentative addr essesthenfollowed,Mr . ChinKue speakingforthe

Chinese,Mr s . E lizabeth Winyan forthe Indians, R ev . T . L. R iggs interpr eting, and R ev .Mr .McClellan forthe Negro. A verse of Shall wewhose souls a r e lighted, was sung, after which R ev . W. E . Ba rtonspoke oftheMountainWhites .

Pr esidentEaton’

s paper was defer r ed, owingtothe lateness ofthe hour .

Afte r Secr eta r y Str ieby had ledthe Association in pr ayer and pro

nouncedthe benediction, r ecess wastaken until Thur sday morning atA .M.

THU R SD AYMOR N ING .

Devotional exer cises from to 9 o’

clock wer e conductedby R ev . E .

S. Hill . Vice - Pr esidentNoble ca l ledthe Associationto orde r .

Theminutes ofthe pr evious day wer e r ead and approved.

A letterto Secr etar y Str ieby fromCol. J .M. Keating, of Tennessee , onthe SouthernPr oblem,was r eadby Secr etary J . E . R oy . A rising vote

wastaken, expr essingapprova l ofthe sentiments ofthe letter and r equestingthe Associationto publish it. D r . F . A . Noble was instructedto cor

r espondwith C01 . Keating, assur inghimofthe Association's appr eciationof his addr ess .

The r eportonthe MountainWor k,was pr esented by R ev . D .M.

Fisk,D .D .

,who fol lowed itby an addr ess .

DistrictSecr eta ry C . J . R yder r ead a pape r on The Debtof our Countr ytothe Ame r icanHigh lande r s .

"My Countr y ’tis of Thee,

"wasthen sung, after which Sec r eta r y

R yder’

s paper was r efer r edtothe Executive Committee ofthe Associationwith r efer enceto publication.

ofthe Amer icanMissiona r y A ssociation.

PresidentTaylor r esumedthe chair atthis pointand introduced R ev .

H.M. Tenney, D .D .,who r eadthe r eportofthe committee onSecr eta ry

A. F. Beard'

s paper . The r eportwas accepted and r efer r edtothe Executive Committee .

Anaddr ess onthe Chur ch Work wasmade by R ev . C. W. Hiatt, DistrictSecreta ry ofthe Association,and was followed by sever al br ief ad

dresses outheMountainWork.

The r eportandanaddress wasthenmade by R ev . Gr ahamTaylor , D .D .

The r eportwas accepted and its r ecommendations adopted.

After announcements, D r . Noble was instr uctedto r eplyto D r . ArthurLittle

, ofMassachusetts, in r esponseto histelegr amof gr eeting. Afterthe benedictionby Pr esidentTaylor , r ecess wastakenuntil 2 o'

c lock RM.THU R SD AY AFTE R NOON .

The Associationwas ca l ledto order by Vice - Pr esidentD r . F . A . Noble .

A ver se ofthe hymn, Inthe cross of Ch ristI glor y," was sung. F . J .Lamb

, E sq. ,readthe r eportofthe Committee on Finance, supplementingthe reportwith a brief addr ess . The r eportwas accepted.

The r eportonSecr eta ry Strieby '

s paper was pr esentedby Pr of. G . B.

Willcox, D .D . The r eportwas accepted and r efer r edtothe ExecutiveCommittee .

Fol lowingthis, Secr eta r y Str iebymade a statementr espectingthe HandFund. D r . E . P. Goodwin, Pr esidentSa lisbur y and Pr esidentW.M. Taylorspoke onthe Financia l R eport, andthe r eportwas adopted.

The A ssociationthenadjournedtothe chapel, andthe chur ch was occupied bythe Woman’

sMissiona r yMeeting underthe auspices oftheWoman’

s Bur eau ofthe Association. Mr s. GeorgeM. Lane, of Detroit,Michigan, pr esided. The r eportwas made bythe Secr etar y,Miss D . E .

Emer son, after which addr esses wer e made bvthe missiona r ies: Onthemountainwork, byMiss Hayes, of Tennessee onthe color edpeople, byMr s . Shaw,

of Georgia, andMiss Plant, ofMississippi and onthe Indians,byMiss Barnaby, a nativeteacher .

The NominatingCommittee r eportedthe followinglistof officer s forthe ensuingyear

P r esident, R “ . WM.M. TAY LOR , D .D LL.D N.Y .

J . F . a nnms, D .D . , N. Y v . Au x.MoKnnzu , D .D . ,Mass.A. Noam, D .D .

, Ill. a . D . O.Mu ss, D .D . ,Mass.R EV. HENR Y Hopxms, D .D . ,Mo.

R EV . A.

a . F .

R lv .M. E . Bu rsa r , D .D . , 58 R eads Street, N. Y .

Bay . A. F . BEAR D , D .D 56 R eade Street, N. Y .

R EV.M. E. Str au s s , D .D . ,58 R eads Str eet, N. Y .

m F orty -thir d Annual H eating.

Tr easur er

H. W. HU BBAR D , Esq 56 R eade Street, N. Y .

Auditor s,PmMoCAana, CnAs . P. Panel .

8 . B. HALLIDAY , BAMU I L Henna, Su mS.Mu r als,

Cmns L.Mu n, RumB .Moms .

A ba llotwastaken andthe br eth r ennamedwer e elected. Afterthebenedictionbythe Pr esident, r ecess wastakenuntil RM.

THU R SDAY EVEN ING .

The Associationwas ca lledto order by Pr esidentTaylor . Stand up,

stand upfor Jesus,” was sung, after which R ev . SimeonGilbert, D .D .,led

inpr ayer .

The r ecords ofthe pr evious sessions ofthe daywer e r eadand appr oved,andthe Secr etary was instr uctedto completetheminutes.

The invitationto holdthe nextAnnua lMeetinginNorthampton,Massachusetts, was accepted.

Pr esidentGeorge A. Gates, of Iowa Col lege, addr essedthe Association, andwas fol lowedby anaddr ess by Pr esidentCyrus North rop, D . D . ,

ofMinnesota,and a lso by Pr esidentE . D . E aton, D .D . , of Wisconsin.

The closingaddr ess ofthe Associationwas made by Pr esidentTaylo r .

The followingminute r eadby Secr eta ry R oy wasthenadoptedWhen, justeighteenyear s ago,this city was smoldering inthe ruins ofthe gr eat

fire, which had consumedthe holy and beautiful house ofthis NewEnglandChu r chandthe homes of every family init,the pastor , sear chingamongthe ashes withinthesewalls for somememento, found a char red leaf ofthe pulpithymn-book onwhich h ewas abletodecipherthese words :

Daughter of Zion, awake fromthe dust,Exaltthy fallenhead :

R ebuildthy walls ,thy bounds enlarge,And sendthy her alds forth .

”

Thathymnwas sungatthe firstser vice inthe rough boardtabernacle erected uponthis spot.We givethanksto Godthis day forthe faith andcourage by whichthis people did

awake fromthe dustand r ebuildthese walls, andby whichthey have gone onbuildinguptheir spir itualtemple andparticipatinglargely inthewhole roundof ser vice for ex .tendingthe R edeemer ’s kingdom, a partof which has beenthe invitingandthe we!comingofthismissionary convocationtotheir sanctuary andtotheir homes, and for

which ,tothem, alongwith all other s inthe sister churches who have joinedthema sthis occasioninexer cisingthis grace of hospitality , we express our heartiestthanks.We her e calltomindwith grateful emotionone ofthemanliestof men, one ofthetr uestdisciples of Christ, Dea. C . G . Hammond, who counted itanhonorto ha ve

minister ed atthis altar fromthe day of its settingupto’the day of hismm and

The Amer icanMissiona r y Association—Its P lace and Wor k. 845

DANIEL HAND FUND, INCOME ACCOUNT.

Income receivedto September 80, 1 889Amountexpended

R ECEIPTS FOR THE WORK OF THE YEAR ”SB-fl

For Cur r entWork

Income fromDanielHandFund.

ENDOWMENT FUNDS R ECEIVED DU R ING THE Y EAR 18888 9.

The DanielHandFund forthe Educationof ColoredPeople,Foltz EndowmentFund, Estate of R ev . BenjaminFelts.

B . W. HU BBAR D , Treasur er .

as Beads Str eet, NewY or k.

THEMR ICANMISS IONAR Y ASSOCIATION—ITS PLACE

BYMAR Y H. I . “ B Y .

We commemor atethe forty-third anniver sa r y ofthe AmericanMissiona ry Association. Dur ingthese yea r s, its place and work have becomesomewhatdefinite ly settled, and Itakethis occasionto setforththe positionthatitnow holds inr elationto its constituents, its sister societies, andthe gr eatwork providentiallyth rownuponit.

I . The Association r ecognizesthe control of its constituents . Thatr ecognitionwas one ofthe corner - stones onwhich itwas founded. Itsoughtits membe r s and its funds fromper sons of evangelica l faith and

pr actica lmor a lity. Of such, itoffer ed member shipto any one who contr ibutedto its funds . Thus broadlywas itplaced ona popula r basis .

Atlength , however , itbeganto be feltby many of its supporte r sthatthe r e wer e evils inthismethod—thatthe acts ofthe society wer e liabletobe r egulatedbythe loca l attendance ateach annualmeeting, andthatsuchmeetingsmighteasily be packedto ca r r y outa purpose. The ofiicer s

ofth e Association,tr uetothe ca rdina l pr inciples of its founder s of contr ol by its constituents, welcomedthe discussion and cheer ful ly acceptedth e presentconstitution, which was adopted after due deliber ation. That

848 The AmericanMissiona r y Association,constitution designates as voter s, life member s and delegates fromthechur ches

,loca l confer ences and state associations . The Executive Com

mittee believethatwe have now r eached a satisfactor y basis, butif itshallbethe wil l ofthe constituentstomake further modifications her eafter ,thefundamenta l principle ofthe Associationwill dictate a r eady acceptanceof any changethatwill notsetasidethe evangelical ,missionary, and philanth ropic basis onwhichthe Associationwas founded

,andthatwil l not

impair contr acts or endanger invested funds. The Associationbe longs,under Ch rist

,to its constituents .

z . The wor k ofthe Associationembr aces all forms of effortinboththe chur ch andthe school . Itwas organized and cha rter ed as amissiona rysociety. This was its fundamenta l aim. Itwas nottil l 1 869,twentyth r ee year s after its organization,thatthe word “

educationa l ” was putinto its charter . Butthis change didnotalterthe cha r acter of its workthe schoolismissiona ry ,the chur ch aneducator—andthis church and school

work ar e insepa r ably blended. The people amongwhomitlabor s a r e

childr eninknowledge, andwill r emain so for a longtime, forther e a r e

millions of blacks, mountainwhites, Indians, and Chinese in our countr ywho cannotr ead andwrite . InNortherncommunities wher ethe childr engrow up inCh r istian homes and a r e environed incultur ed society, withthe bestof commonschools

,the chur ch findsthe material for itsmembe r

ship, so fa r forth , pr epa r edto its hand, butamongthese mil lions of nu

letter edpeoplesthe chur ch,if itisto be pur e and intel ligent,mustbeth e

outgrowth ofthe Ch ristian school ; andthe br anches ofthetr ee mightaswel l be expectedto grow upwithoutthe roots, as such chur ches withoutthese schools. The wor k amongthembegins inthe prima ry school, andfollowsthemth rough all depa rtments of industria l, normal , collegiate andtheological instr uction.

In allthis long processtheteacher s a r e withthem ateve rystep—inthe shop,the school ,the Sunday- school,the pr ayer meeting,andthe chur ch , and oftenthe pr incipa l ofthe school isthe pastor ofthe chur ch . Thusthe chur ch

,which grows upwithinor a longside ofthe

school, getsthe pr iceless boonofthe per sona l example and influence ofthese Christianteacher s, in r efiningthe manner s and inmakingchar acte r ;and asthe pupils ar e convertedthey enterthe chur chto become its stablemember s and inte lligentofficer s . Onthe other hand,the families inthechur ch , withtheir kindr ed and fr iends, furnishthe pupils forthe school

and helpto sustainitbytheir money andpr ayer s, boththe church andtheschool being stronger bytheir mutua l supportandmor e potentintheirinfluence inthe communitythanifthey stood apa rt. And evenafterthescholar s have leftthe school and have ente red uponthe business of life,the Associationis especia l ly fittedto gathertheminto chur ches . Ithasoccur r ed insever a l instances, in sta rting new chur ches beyondthe rangeof ou r schools,thatwe have foundthemto be made upfir stalmostwholly

348 The Amer icanMissiona r y A ssociation,the populations r eachedby itinAmer ica wer e all rel/lite exceptthe Indiansand a few color ed r efugees inCanada .

Its home missions atthe North andWestwer e amongwhite peopleand so wer ethey eveninthe South beforethe wa r . JohnG . Fee and his

heroic associates in Kentucky, and Daniel Worth and other s inNorthCarolina, founded chur ches and schools only amongthe whites . Ber ea

Col lege was for whites only, atthe outset. Itwas nottillthe er a of emancipationwith its overwhelming flood of fr eedmenthatthe Associationturned its dir ectand a lmostexclusive attentiontothem. Itheardthevoice of G od inthetr ampofthesemillionsmar chingoutof bondage intofr eedom

,and inthatvoice ithea rdthe ca llto itself, providentia l ly pr e

pa r ed forthe new er a . Itanswer edthe call,without

,however , abandoning

its missionto pr eachthe gospeltothe whites a lso; and now,with its

schools and chur ches wel l establishedth roughoutthe South , with an

opendoortothe whites, and especia l lytothose inthemountainr egions,ithea r sthe voice of G od ca l lingitthither . The r eady adaptation of itsmethodstothese people, andthe success of its efi‘orts amongthem, attestthe validity of its ca ll andthe wisdomof its r esponse.

4. The work ofthe Associationis notatr ansientone. A New Englandpastor atthe beginning of our work forthe fr eedmen, gave me a

hea rty welcometo pr esentour cause in his pulpit,tel lingme fr ankly hedid sothe mor e cheer ful ly because hethoughtour work would soonbeover—say intwenty ortwenty - five year s. Nowthatgood manbe lievedthathomemissions inthe West

,and insome ofthe older E asternStates,

wouldbe neededwel l nigh ontothemil lennium, yethe imaginedthattheblacks, justescaped frombondage, utter ly poor , ignor antand degr aded,would (perhaps he ha rdly stoppedtothink how) r ise intwenty - five year s

above allneed of helpfromany qua rte r intheir upwa rd str uggle ! Butthe fa llacy of such a supposition is r ea lized mor e sincethesetwenty - five

yea r s have passedthanitwasthen. Itis now clea r ly seenthatthese ex

slaves wil l r equir e forth r ee or four gener ationsthemostabundanthelptobr ingthemuptothe level ofthose Westernsettle r s, includingthe Swedes,Germans and Norwegians crowdinginthither , who ar e compa r atively welloff and intelligent. Andthen, afte rthatpr epa r ation ofthe Negr o hasbeenmade,the r egula r work of home missions wil l only be fair ly begunamongthem. The work forthis people,ther efor e, is nottr ansient, andthemissionar y societythathas itin hand has befor e itnotonly a gr eatbutlong- continuedtask.

And forthatgr eatworkthe Associationhas had a manifestcal l andpr epar ation, and has gained an experience and aninfluence of peculiarva lue inits further prosecution. The Associationhas wroughtitself intothe schools and chur ches

,intothe industr ies ofthe color ed people,the

improvementoftheir homes,the pr epar ationoftheir sons and daughter sfor home andbusiness life

,and forteacher s and pr eacher s andphysicians ;

Its P lace and Wor k. 349

ithas wroughtitself intotheir better aspir ations for boththis wor ld andthatwhich isto come. Ithas wonuponthe confidence and r espectofthewhite people by its unselfish and Ch r istianwork, its kind butfirmadher

enceto principle, and bythe blessing ithas confer r ed uponboth r aces in

aidingthe South inthe onlytrue solutionof its gr eatproblem.

The Associationhas become anchor edtothis gr eatwork bythe la rgeamountof invested funds intr ustedto its car e . Ithas r eceivedthousandsof dol la r s fromthe F r eedmen’s Bur eau, fr omthe Avery estate, fromthegifts ofMr s. Stone and other s

,and addedto allthese isthe large sum

placed one year ago inits hands bythe munificence ofMr . Hand. These

sev er a l sums aggr egate mor ethantwomil lions of dol la r s—an amountofendowment

,we believe

,withouta par a llel amongour Congr egationa l societies forthe home fie ld. While no inconsider able shar e ofthese funds is

inplant, andther efor e incr eases instead of diminishes cur r entexpenses,yetthe Associationisthe only lega l custodianofthese funds. They con

stitute,ther efor e

,a strongevidence ofthe confidence of large donor s inits

use fulness and stability and inthe importance of its work, and atthe sametimetheymake a strongplea for cur r entcontributionsto sustainthatwork.

G od has mov edthe hearts of noble men and womento laythese firmfoundations. Wil l notother s equa lly able and far - seeing intheir benevolence addtothese gifts andthus extendthese foundations, andwill notthe chur ches buildthe r eonwith diligentand cheer ful hands

These forty -th r ee yea r s under r eview have beenmemor able inthe histor y ofthis Nation. They have witnessedthe r eignof slaver y intheheightof its a r rogantdomination. They have seenthe rising protestofconscience and r eligion againstthatdomination, withthe mad r esistanceof slavery, until itculminated in one ofthe bloodiestwar s of moderntimes . They have beheld a united Nation emerge fr omthe conflict, and

nota slave inallits br oad land. They have seenthe uplifted hands and

hearts ofthe fr eedmengr asping for knowledge. And, lastof all,they be

holdthe newpowe r seated outheth rone vacated by slaver y, doomingthecolor edmanto a positionof infer ior ity sca r cely less degr adingthanslaveryitself.

A longallthese linesthe sympathies and efforts ofthe Associationhaverun. Itpleaded forthe slave inhis bondage, whento do 50 costodiumand ostr acism itjoinedwith othe r s inthe appea l againstslavery, withthehopethatr ighteousness would avertthe calamity of war . Whenthe slavecame forth fr ee

,itwentwith prompthandsto fithimfor his newposition,

andnow,as he enter sthe longanddark str uggle againstpoverty, ignor ance

and r ace -pr ejudice, itgirds itself forthe gr eatstr uggle, armed with whathave ever beenits only weapons,the lightof knowledge andthe love ofthe gospel of Ch rist. The contestmay be long,the work wil l be gr eat,butthetriumphmustbe sur e . Maythe chur ch of Ch rist,the patr iots ofthe land, andthe abundantblessing ofthe Almighty G od str engthenandhelpus inthis gr eatunde rtaking!

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mMISS IONAR Y VIEW OF m SOU THER N SITU ATION .

BY non- r utA. P. DMD.

The Southernproblemis a Nationa l per il . Problems a r e notalwaysperils. This is a problemla rge with political and r eligious perils. andwhether politica l or r eligious itcannotbe ignor ed, nor canits conside r ationbe postponed. Itis her e . Itis our problem. Itis nea r ertotheSouth , andmor e immediate,thantothe North , butitis our s . We a r e notfor eigner s inany partofthis country . Ithas beensettled once for allthatwe a r eto be fel low citizens ina commoncountry whenwe come fromBostonto Chicago andwhen we go fromNew Y or kto New O r leans . The

problemwhich belongsto a countryto which we belong, is our s . This

mightas well be under stood. We have no righttotake our hands ofi fr omthatof which we a r e a pa rtand which is a pa rtof us . No partcan saytoanother , itis notyour conce rn.

This istr ue political ly. Th r icetrue is itr eligiously—Ch r istianfaith isnotconfinedto State bounda r ies . Itbelongs ever ywher e . The pr oblemis nota new one . Ithas its r oots bedded deepin history . When yea r s

ago itbeganto be discussed by a fewthey wer e ca l led agitator s, as ifthediscussionof rightand wrong wer e itself a wrong, as ifthe lettingin of

lightuponthe da r kness wer e a deedof da rkness . Nevertheless,the Nation

becamethoughtful ove rthe questionofthe r ights of man. While itwasmusingthe fir e burned, and anir r epr essible conflictcame. Inthe issue itwas settledthatno man should be held by another man in involunta r yser vitude inthis commonand insepar able country .

A qua rter of a centur y has elapsed sincethis settlementof a problemwhich involvedthe destiny oftwo r aces

,and of our whole country . The

questionnowbefor ethe Nation and befor ethe chur ches is a corol la ry of

slave ry . Itisthe second sectionofthe fir stchapte r . The fi r stquestionwas How sha l l liberty be pr oclaimedtothe captive andthe enslaved become fr ee ? The secondis Beingfr ee, how canthetwo r aces—as distinctand separ ate as a r ethe white and black r aces ofthe South—now equa l befor ethe law,

live side by side underthe same gove rnment, and live inCh r istiantr uth andpeace ? This istheproblem,and, likethe fi r st, itis ir r epr essible.

Inone sense itis a new question—thatis,a newgener ation of white

people has inpa rtcome forwa rdto pa rticipate inthe duties of citizenship,since allmenbecamemeninthe law ofthe land. Tothemthe questionispr actica lly new. The situationasthey find it, isthis The Negroes, who,twenty yea r s ago, wer e four millions, a r e noweightmillions . The incr ease ofthe blacks abovethe incr ease ofthe whites inthe periodoftwenty year s , isfourteenpe r cent. Inhis work onthe Afr icaninthe United States, Professor Gilliam,

havinginhandthe figur es of our Census Bur eau, for ecastswiththe demonstr ationofmathematics our populationone century hence.

We do notknow whatmaymodify his figur es, buthe computesthatatthepr esentr ate of incr easether e a r etobe inthe old slave States inone hundr ed

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gr owmor eth r eateningasthe blacks inc r ease . The motives which ha v eledthe gr eatbody of whitesto votetogethe r inthis age,mustaugmentinfor ce inthe ageto fol low. To daythe r apid incr ease ofthe black populationconstitutes a gr eater dangertothe stability of our governmentth ananythatis sappingthe vita lity ofthe Europeanmonar chies. The pa rtialdisfr anchisementofthe Negro inthe futur e would appea rto be inevitable ,essential, if nottothe existence ofthe South ,thentothe prospe r ity ofthe Union. This is atemper ate expr essionofmuch Southernopinion.

Nota few holdthe viewthatthe education and advancementoftheNegrotendsto cr eatethe r ace problem, and do nothesitateto saythatifthe Negroes could only be keptas labor er s inthe cotton and rice and

sugar fields, inthe furnaces and mines ofthe South, aspiringto nothinghigher andnotantagonizingthe whites inpolitica lmatter s,the r e would beno r ace problem.

Sixmonths ago we could quote fromaneditor ia l columnwrittenby an

ex- Confeder ate officer for an influentia l Democr atic paper inthe Souththese words The duty ofthe white people ofthe South is plain. Inthespiritof noblesse oblige wemustsympathize withthose who a r e fittingth ecolor edpeople forthe duties of life, r emembe ringwhatthe Negroes we r eto our for efather s and whatour for efather s wer etothem. No one can

doubtthata Negro has a soulto save . Thatadmitted,he is as much entitledtothe benefits of sa lvationasthe white man. But,

”he adds,

“what

do we see ? Nea r ly allthe bodies of Ch ristians even,exceptthe R oman

Catholics, shufflingto setthe Negro apa rtand leave himlargelyto his ownways, shuffling outoftheir r esponsibility accordingtothe gospe l whichthey profess astheir guide, and puttingthe Negro apa rtinspite oftheword of G od, whomthey wor ship,thathe is no r especter of pe rsons . The

Negro was broughtover her e bytheftand outr age. H e is her eto stay, andwemustdea l with himaccordingtothe goldenr ule

,and as we would wishto be done by if we wer e simila r ly placed.

"

This is nota quotation f romthe Nationa l Council of Congr egationa lChur ches, whe re such an utter ance would both by natur e and by gr ace

find expr ession, butitis fromthe penof anoffice r ofthe SouthernConfeder acy, who knowsthe lightwhen he sees it, who keeps open anhonesteye, andwho does nothesitateto speak f romanhonestmind. This sentimentba lances somewhatofthatwhich pleads againstthe blackman, andnota few fr iends ofthis kind hasthe AmericanMissionar y Associationwonto itselfth roughoutthe South . Itnever had somany who a r e saying:Y our s isthemostpr actica lmissiona ry work ever unde rtakenby a Ch r istianbody. Y ou have won our confidence by your spir itand your

methods ; you have our cordia l sympathy . Atthe sametime we r ecog

nizethe factthatboth pr ejudice andpa rtisanshipa r enowmakingstr enuousefl

‘ortsto cr eatethe judgmentthatthe Negro should be stripped of his

civil rights andthathis educationis going ontoo r apidly . For example,

ofthe Southern Situation.

the Soul/remjournal, whose Ch ristiansentiments of six months ago, justquoted, with another editortod ay, comesto us with another deliver ance

,

probably nea r e rtothe hea rtof mostof its constituency, saying The

Negro is nota fitsubjectfor Northernmissiona r y effort. Northernmoneyisnotwantedto build himschools

,and Northernteacher s and pr eacher s

arenotwantedto improv e hismind norto save his soul . He shouldbeletalone . He is outinthe water : lethimswim. He shouldbe leftalonetowork outhis ownsa lvation.

”The editor who says wemustsave himis

anex- Confeder ate officer who has a lways lived inthe South . The editorwho says he should be lefta lone is a Northernmanwho has gone Southto live . The fi r stwrites, noblesse oblige. The second does notunder standthe language . He

, doubtless, hasthe la rgestconstituency.

Th e pulpitalso cr eates and voices public Opinion. Our work is comingto getmany a good word fromthe Southernpulpit. Buta Southernwhite bishop

—Bishop Pea r ce—did notwriteto unwilling ea r s when hesaid Inmy judgmenthigher educationwould be a ca lamitytothe Nogroes . Itwould e levate Negro aspir ations far abovethe stationwhichtheNegr o was cr eatedto fill. The whites cannevertamely, and withoutprotestsubmittothe intr usionof color ed people into places oftrust

, profit,and r esponsibility . This, you wil l obser ve, is fr omaminister of Ch rist.Itis f roma bishop of a chur ch . Itis fromone who pr ays our Lord

’

s

pr ayer , given a liketo white and black.

“Afterthis manner

,ther efor e

,

pray ye . Our Father . This is fromone who believes inthe baptismatPentecost, whendevoutmenfromevery nationunder heav en r eceivedthe impartia l benedictions of G od. This fromone who r eadthe story of

Peter andthe sheet. “Alas

,my brothe r .

"

Allthis,then

,isthe atmospher e ofthe situation. Some prophetic souls

a re lookingoutuponamostpe rplexingandperilous problemwith profoundsolicitude

,and extendingto ustheir sympathy andpr aye r s for our work.Mor e

,manymor e, ar eteachingand pr eachingthatG od has c r eatedthe

Negr o r aceto fillfor ever a place of inferiority, andthathemuststay downinthe bog or insome way be destroyed. Itis notsurpr ising,ther efor e,thatignor antwhite people shouldgive formand substancetothese hostileopinions in scenes of violence and cr uelty. They believe inthe inher entinfe rior ity ofthe blacks, and have a mighty fea r lestthis doctr ine shou ldproveto be untrue . The Negro,twenty- five yea r s ago inabsolute povertyand illiter acy, has beengr eedy for education, and has ser iouslythoughtofnothingbutto rise fromhis low condition.

The intel ligentwhitemannow,andto his gr eatsurpr ise, is all atonce

confrontedbythe intelligentblack man. They a r e notso nume rous nowasto be anelementto fear

,butthe whites a r e for eseeingthe notdistant

day whenthey cannotbe r e legatedto infer iority because oftheir color .T h e calamitythatBishop Pea r ce deplor es and wouldpr eventis notfaraway—educated Negroes with aspir ations, inother words,men.

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The gener a l Negro il liter acy is gainingfastuponthe white ignor ance,andthe despised Negro is foundto be living abovemany of his illiter atewhite neighbor s . Thismakes iteasy wor k for designingmento sha rpen

r ace pr ejudices, which by for ce and fea r shal l keepthe Negro down.

Onthe Negro side, he has beenpatientand forbea ring. Withtheseoutbr eaks of per secutionsome ar e discour aged, and ar e r eadyto sur r ende rtheir manhood. Onthe other hand, some ar e no longer patient, butar eenr aged. They would r eta liate. They feelthatdefense againstwrongs isright. Aninfluential Negro paper says, ED U CATE , AG I

'

I‘

ATE,R ETALIATE .

Does one str ikeme ? Withthe power of G od onhigh, back a lsowill I str ikehim.

"This feelinggr ows . Addto itthe factthatthe Negro is develop

ingthe power of organization. Ther e ar e leader s . They a r e intheircouncils and conventions. They ar e feeling deeply, speakingplainly, andorganizingefficiently.

This isthe situation How sha llthis problembe solved How sha l lwe pr eventthe conflictbetweenr aces ? A Southernauthor says These

problems have beensolved inthe pastinfour ways. By r educingthe weakerr aceto slavery, or by expulsion, or by extermination, or bythe ama lgamationofthe r aces . Slavery is outofthe question—thatis settled. Equallyr epugnantis expulsion or extermination. Ama lgamation is abhor r ent.Therefor e,the problemwill notbe solved by any historical pr ecedents .

Thetwo r aces mustlive her e inthe same sections,equa l beforethe law,

withmutua l r ights, and all r ightsmustbe sanctioned and confirmed.

The Amer icanMissiona r y Associationis living withthis problemdayby day. Itistryingto see itwiththe look of Ch rist. This Associationfor esawthis questionforty yea r s ago. Ittook onitselfthe prepar ationforit. Itguided itselftomeetthe probleminthe fie lds befor ethe a rmies inthe South wer e disbanded. Itwentwith its distinctive and unpopula r

principles. Itwentinthe patience and love of Ch r ist. Forthemostpartitmeta natur al and unconcea led hostility. Itdid notr eta liate evenin

Spir it, butitstood fi rminspiritand intr uth . Ithas lived oninthe South,

andtaughtthe same eve r - living and ever lasting gospe l for allmen, of

whatever r ace or color . Its r ecord is befor ethe chur ches. They have

neve r had r easonto feel otherthangr atefulto G od for its work. Begin

ningwith a gr eatnumbe r of little pr ima r y schools,andwiththousands of

beginner s inthe a lphabetof lea rning, ithas gr adua lly passed into la rgerandmor e fa r - r eachinginfluences byteachingteacher s and pr eacher s, whoshallgo, andwho do go outand r eachmultipliedthousands .

Inorde rthatapplied Ch ristianitymay havethe power of self - helpand

self. ca r e, industries a r e introduced. Inthatthe people a r e being fittedtosavethemselves . Allof our work fromfir stto lastismissionar y, andinstinctwiththe motive of salvation; our schools a r e meansto an end ; fittingpr eacher s,teacher s,mechanics, homemake r stomeetthe problemandtheperil .Itisnotby educationthatthe questionistobe solved. Themissionary view

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evenwhenthey holdtheir pr ejudices againstour principles, r espectthosewho stand ina Ch ristianway fortheir principles ; andthatthese principles will never be accepted inthe South by our holdingthemloosely, or insuspense, or inany sortof abeyance . They r espectus whenweteach ourpeoplethatthey have allthe rights ofmanhood and womanhood;thattheyar eto r espectthemselves andto be worthy of self- r espect;thatthey a r e notto consentintheir ownmindsto any assertion of superiority based uponthetintofthe skin

,andthatthey a r e neverto feel guilty for beingblack.

We ar eteachingthe color edpeopleto hold honor withthemselves.

Whatthis Association and other missiona r y for ces have done and ar e

doing—this Associationmor ethanother s—will bethe balance of powe rtopr eventthe dr eaded conflictof r aces ;the balance of powerto settlethequestion How canthetwo r aces live inthe same sectionwithmutua l r espectfor each other 's civil and Ch r istian r ights ? This maytaketime .

Ch r istianitytakestime . Itis our stotake Ch ristianitytoteachthatthebeginningof Ch r istianity wasthe death blowto wrongprinciples and evil

pr actices ofmen, however wel l intr enched and fortifiedthese for cesmay be .

Itisthis which gives us cour ageto gr apple with centuries of wrongandto undertakethe slow r eductionofthese evils . When Chr istianity came,the er a of conscience came

,and inHis gospe l isthe powe r of inte l ligence

andmor a l dete rminationthatsha l l notbe ove r come of evil, butsha ll overcome evil with good.Menboundwith rightare strong

R ightboundwith rightinChristianfaithWillconquer a wor ld of wrong.

”

Themissionary schools andthe missiona r y chur ches ar e,we believe

,the only safeguard againstthe conflictof r aces . They ar ethe gua rdianagainstthis nationa l peril. This being so,the churchesmustspeedthemmor e andmor e . They mustnothinde rthemnortietheir hands . The

gua r antees ofthis peaceful solutiona r e inthe hands ofthe churches .Multiply and hastenthe Ch r istianenergies . Multiplythe Ch ristianpr aye r sthatwe may be worker stogether with Himof whomitis written, “He

sha l l notfail or be discour aged.

R E P O R T S O F COMMITT E E S .

R EPOR T ON EDU CATIONAL W OR K SOU TH .

3! an . wu . smnmom, D.D. , (manna .

Itis anominous factthatinthe South illiteracy is steadily increasing. Itis anencouragingfactthatinthe r egionsur roundingour chartered andnormal schools illiteracy is steadily diminishing. The color edpeople ar e multiplyingmor e rapidlythanthemeans of educatingthem. Ifthe supply of school accommodationsto-day exactlyequalledthe demand, sothatevery colored child of suitable age was provided for insome school,there wouldbe atthetime of our nextannualmeeting childrenaskingtobetaughttheir letter sto whomwe should haveto say , We cannotteach you.

Butthe supply does notyetnear ly equalthe demand.

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Inrespectto education,the South is a dark sky r apidlygrowingdarker , butflockedwithpatches of lighter shade, which ar e gradually growingbrighter andlarger . Such

s brightspace frames each of our charter ed andnormalschools. Fisk University , Talladega College, Tougaloo Univer sity, StraightUniver sity , inNew Or leans, and TillotsonInstitute, atAustin, Texas, are doing work which vindicates each year moredistinctlythe strategic sagacity which locatedthem. Inthese institutions alone nearlytwothousand students of both sexes are beingtr ainedtobe light-bea r er stotheir race.

Besidethese, each of which is essentially a normalschool, and includes a normaldepartmsnt, eighteendistinctively normal schools are sustained atdifferentpoints ofstrategic importance. Twonew schools have beenestablishedduringthe year . Good

work has alsobeendone amongthemountainwhites. The income fromthe giftofMr .Daniel Handhas enabledthe Associationto enlarge its schoolaccommodations, andtomistmor ethanthree hundred students, who, withoutit, would have beenunabletoattendschools of any kind.

The committee would emphasize among special needs ofthe work, funds for a

girls’ hallatTillotsonInstitute, and forthe endowmentof atheological school fortrainingcolor edpastor s. Two facts ar e pro- eminently gratifying. The fir stisthatin

nearly allthe schools ofthe Associationsome kind of industrialtr aining is provided,andthatthe influence of suchtraining is conspicuously showninimproved ideas of

home life andcomfortamongthose connectedby family or othertieswith our students.

The second factis,thatinallour schoolsthe students aretaughtthatthe fear ofthela d isthe beginningof wisdom, andthatconsequentlythe separationbetweenre

ligionandmorality , which isthe supreme danger ofthe Southernblack churches, is

perceptibly diminishing.

R EPOR T ON CHU R CH W ORK .

atr ues-nos smutu ncut, clim ax.

TheminionoftheAmer icanMissionary Associationis shownto be a specialty anda and by its church work . Itisthe work of a specialistamongChr istianorganizationsthatalone could have producedthese churches. Tomeetthe demands of anexigencywhich couldnotbemetbythepro- existentordinary agencies,this childof Providencewas bornof God andthetimes . Forthe accomplishmentof ends for which nomeanshadbeenfound, itsmethods were providentially chosenby a process of spiritual seine.tion. Its agencies ar ethe accretions ofthe Divine purpose inits progr esstowardthesalvationofthe undermost, andthe edifyingofthe whole body of Christ. Tothe productionof its unique Christianinstitutionsthe exclusive devotiontothe study ofthepeculiar conditions ofthese entirely distinctcommunities was necessary . There have

beengeneratedbythis devotionand acquiredth roughthe experience of near ly half acentur y a knowledge and skillwhich claimforthis Associationthe recognitionoftheworld as its for emostexpertinthe successfulapplicationof Christianitytothe solutionofthemostdimcultr ace problems ofmoderncivilization.

And yetinthe accomplishmentofthis greatachievement, loyaltytothe commonfaith andto our ownpolity , as well astotheteachings of experience, demanded onlythenew applicationofthe oldprime factor s of God’s ownchoice,the localchur ch withits evangelismandChristiannurtur e.

Inthe work ofthisAssociationthesetwo greatagencies are uniquely one. The

pastor is oftenteacher and evangelist. The sanctuary is school- house andmissionstation. Attwenty -th ree points onthe field God has made ofthesetwain—the church

andthe school—one. The church isthe unitofthis unity . For whilethe chur ch is

generallythe offspringofthe school,the school finds both itsprofoundestreasons forexistence andits highestconsummationinthe needs and ends ofthe church . Initthework both oftheteacher and evangelistcc-ordinates andculminates.

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Itwillnotbe so very longbefor ethese schools andcolleges willfindtheir chief

sources of supply inthese churches, which although now sodependent,mustultimatelybe dependedupontomaintainand developtheir owninstitutions. ltvennow itistobe remember edthatthe appeal ofthis evangelizing church workmeets withthe wideandmor e popular response fromthe giving constituency ofthe Amociation, whiletheeducationalinstitutions are mor e dependentuponthe larger gifts of inter ested individuals.Moreover , itisthe chur ch which opensthe springs ofthe family life fromwhichthe schoolsmustdr awtheir scholars. And itisthe church which createsthe envir onmentnecessarytothe Chr istianhomes,towhichthe graduates are sentback againtolivetheir lives , and fromwhich , asthe heart’s fulcrum,their savedlives canbu liftupthe lost.

These little chur ch groups of evangelized and educated families are atoncetheprime sources andthe constituentelements ofthenew Christiancivilizationwhich al.

r eady heraldsthe comingofthe kingdomtothose neglected, outcastpeoples,to secure

whose humanrights, Christianprivileges and church fellowship isthe first, loudest,longestcalluponthe Congr egationalChur ches of America .

Ther efor e, inthe name ofthis Association, whose heroictype of missionary andteaching ser vicemakes our wholemember ship andministrythe mor e attr active awennobling; inthename of its schools which became chur ches, and its churches whichar e schools ; inthename oftheir professingChristians, andtheir Sundayschoolscholars, andthe converts ofthe year ; inthename ofthe r aces ofthreecontinentstowhomthe Father is sendingthese our brethr enas we are senttothem, we

pledgethe fidelity ofthe Amer icanMissionary Associationtothetwo- foldagency of itsone work ,the discipling ofthese r aces bythe evangelizing church, andthe Christiannurtur e of its schools. And we r e- echothe call whichthe National Councilnukesuponour churches forthe r equired bythe exigencies and opportunities ofthis year ’s work fortheneediestandmosthelpless of allour fellow- countrymen.

R EPOR T ONMOU NTAI N W OR K.

av axv . n. x. mx, D.D. , m m.

The formalr eportof your committee canwithoutinjustice be brief ; notbecausethe fieldconsidered is na r row, orthe work unimportantas amissionarymovement, butfr omthe factthatamrtainunity pervades both ,makingitpossibleto comprehend inone view eventhe diver sities of a populationof overtwomillions, and anar ea of aboveone hundredthousand squaremiles.

The ofiicialsummary ofthe yea r ’s wor k , onwhich we r eport, once againsets beta sthis Associationthe situationand its involved problem; a situationfull of contr adictions, a problematonce serious butnothopeless.

Here isthe amazing spectacle of a self- isolawd people, begirtwiththe activelife andthoughtof our eagertimes, yetsharingneither . Her e is anempirethatis ou rtentto live inthe past: having r ich r esources itneglectstodevelopthem; a productive soilbutniggard crops. Amidsta veritable Lebanonof forestry ithas aksutlu fa

homes ; with comdepositsthatarethe envy ofthe world, its shiveringwomeninstoveless hovels attemptto defendthemselves abouttheir domestic ;toil with coar se homespunshawls and slat-bonnets. Inanagethathas harnessedmechanism, beast, andsteamtothe plow, scythe, sickle and fiail,these owners ofmountains of ironandmine!of power still indolently vex a grudgingsoilwithtools of such barbaric simplicitythattheir intrusionis scar celymor ethana provocationtoweeds.

Her e is needless poverty inthe lapof potentialwealth,thriftlessness inthe face ofevery seeming stimulusto diligenm. Here is a diver sified landscapethatshould in


usually harmonious and kindly . The presentAdministr ationisthoroughly insympathy withmissionar y oper ations, andwill do nothingto impairtheir efllciency . We be

lieve ittobe sincerely actuatedby a desireto promotethe bestwelfare ofthe Indians,and r eadyto co-operate with allgood people ineflorts inthis direction. Itaimstoeducate every Indianchild. We desireto seethis done, and believethatwhentheGovernmentassumes, as itshould,the primary educationof all Indians of schoolage,we shallbe called ontoturnour eflortsto amuch larger wor k for dir ectevangeliaation.

Our opportunity is enlargingfurther bythe br eakingdownofthe oldpaganprejudices ofthe Indians. Thetestimony of allthe wor ker s onthe fieldistothis efleet.The Indians are desirous of livingas whitemen. They are r apidly losingtheir distinaive Indianideas and are imbibingthe notions oftheir white neighbor s. This is seenintheir burials, which now are notuniformly, as of old, onscaffolds , butar emor e andmor e interments. Itis shownintheir feeling and behavior whendeath comes intotheir households. They no longer filltheir houses with hideous outcries, butinstu dseekthemissionariesto inquir e aboutthe life inthe other world.

A further Opportunity isto be noted inthe factthatthe Dakota Indians havespecially falleninto our care. Our chief missions are located amongthem, atSantee,R osebud, Oahe, StandingRock, and outlyingstations. Butthe Dakota Indians number inall, or aboutone- sixth of allthe Indians inthe country . We havemaster edthe Dakota language ; and a Bible, hymn-book, dictionary and other books ar e

printedinthattongue. We have,then, specialabilityto car ry onmimionwork amongthem, and are boundto utilize ittothe full. Thetime is r ipe for immediate action. Itmustbetakenwithoutdelay iftakenatall. The opening uptowhite settlementOf alarge stripof landthoughthe center ofthe greatSioux r eservations isto bringtheIndianinto contactwiththe influence of whitemenas never before. Itis impossiblethatthatinfluence shallbe altogether good. The contactofthe Indianwiththe frontier smenof our ownpeople has resultedmostdeplorably inthe past. and we cannothope for much better r esults now. R umand licentiousness are sur eto work untoldha rmtothe Indianunlessthey ar e metbythe gospel. This Openingupof Indianter r itorytowhite settlementlays,ther efor e, amostimperative and immediate ObligationonChristianpeopletoprotectthe Indianfromruinby givingthemthe gospel.We ar e satisfiedthatnothingbutthe gospelwill sufi ce. Educationalone cannot

save, andmay simply give new strengthto evilhabits and influences. Itmustbe aChristianeducation schools shouldbe simply pr eliminary and altogether subsidiarytothemostenergetic and wise pr esentationofthe gospel. The uniformpolicy oftheAmericanMissionary Associationinalldepartments of its work has beeninthis direction, andwe gladly r ecognizethe factthatits Indianwork has steadily progressedwiththe idea of evangelizingthe Indian.

We knowvery wellthatthe Associationis laboringfor Negroes and forMountainWhite people and for Chinese, as well as Indians.We knowthatthe proportionofthe Indians is compar atively small. Atthe sametimewe urgethatthis disproportionisto a large degree counterbalanced bythe specialop

portunities we have consider ed. The Indianproblemis before us for immediate settlement. Itadmits of nodelay . Care forthese few Indians now, Christianizethemnow,

as wemay , andthe Indianbecomes asthe white man, andour missionary eflorts willthenbe released for other fields.Inthis specialemergency we feelstronglythe necessity laid onthe Associationfor

anenlargementof its administr ative force. Sincethe death of our lamented brother ,Secr etary Powell,the for ce atthe New Y or k office ofthe Associationhas beenshorthanded. We hOpethatthe earnestefforts which are beingmade bythe ExecutiveCommitteeto finda suitable per sontobecome another Secr etary ofthe Anociationmaybe atonce successful. Anemergency is uponus, andwe saythis withthe conviction

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thatthe demands ofthe Indianwork ar e now so imper ative asto require a largeportionofthetime andthoughtof such a Secr etary . Itis anecessitythatsuch a Secr etary should fr equently visitthe field and be in constantcommunicationwiththeworkers.

R EPOR T ON CHINE SE W OR K.

sr axv . a. a. armson, D.D . , CHAIRMAN.

This isthe smallestand leastconspicuous departmentofthe work ofthe AmericanMissionary Association, butthe onethatstands inthe closestrelationto our selves, andthe one alsothatcanshowthe largestr eturns. The Chinese inAmerica ar e few innumber , butthey ar e scatter ed everywhere, as if God intended inthemtoputthe spiritof our churchesto a crucialtest, and, wher ethattestis endured,togiveto his ser vantspromptreward and anunanswerable confirmationof his promises andoftheir faith .

These str ange littlemenfromthe land of Sinim,”mysterious, silent, capable,incredibly industrious,money -making, withtheir pig-tails andtheir feltshoes,their“PidginEnglish andtheir unintelligible turkeytracks,”their woodencountenancetndtheir bias eyes,

”their Opium, andtheir waysthatare dar who, inspite of

restrictive laws and brutalpersonaltreatment, are filtering ineverywher e, untiltheymay be seencrouched inthe corner of any str eetcar , and are a familiar objectintheVillage street—why arethey here here justnow and her e so per sistently Itis nomighty immigr ationofmen, such as De Tocqueville likedtodwellupon. Itisno conquering host, no familiar immigr ation. Whatevermay once have beenthe attr activeforce ofthe California gold fields, washingsoiled linencanhardly be r egarded as satistyinganational instinct, orthumpingthroughthe long hour s ofthe nightuponanironingtable a soul- fillingamusement. Muchmay be saidof the goldenfleece,” butthese are nomodernArgonauts. They aremoney -makingas our friendsthe Jews, butno high emprise ” or grand endeavor firestheir calmpulse, andmuch as has beenwrittenofthe coolie systemandthe Six Companies,” nothing has beenadduced

Which seems adequateto explainthemovement.The factis, God is init. He is crowdingthese heathenuponour churches inthesemissionary days of anOpening world, fi r stof alltoprove our Christianity . Do

webelievethatallmenar e brothers Dowe believethattheHoly G hostwho r enewedour hearts canr enewthese Dowe believethatthe Lordwho died for us, died fortheworld Dowe believe—notthatthe world—butthatthis particular heathenas he

stands befor e us inhis blue blouse, or site atour side with his r eading-book, is as deartoour hea venly Father as you and I ar e ? Dowe believethatwe ar etogoto himwiththe gospelto find a way forthetruth into his heart,to hear his burdens,towinhimbylove, andthatwithouthimwe our selves cannotbe made per fectDowe believe, inshort,th atGodhas broughthimhereto our doorthatw mightlearnthatif we havenota r eligionthatwill save, andwillmake us eagerto have itsave a Chinaman, wehave nota r eligionthatwillsave our selves

Sevenhundr ed and fifty ofthese menalr eadymember s ofthe churches connectedwith ourmissiononthe Pacific Coast!and who will say howmanymore onthe rollsof our chur ches fromSt. LouistoBoston! Whatarethese Chinese converts,the fruitage of our Sunday - schools and pr ayer -meetings, our per sonal labor , butGod‘

s blessed

seal setuponour Christianfaith Her e isthe evidence. Our s isthe conqueringfaithofth e world. Itwillsave everyman, for ithas savedthese men. no lessthanyou andme .

B utthis is notall. China’s day has come . We hear frombeyondthe sea ofthenew r ailway,the awful floods,the burning ofthe “Altar of Heaven,” andthe str angestir-r ings ofthemindofthatmighty people,the oldest, and judgedby its per sistentlife,


the strongestnow onthe globe. Mer chantstell us of its limitlesstr ade : diplomatistsspeak of its astutenemandof its newnavy , second onlytothatof England; scholarswonder ata nationof heathenwith whomlearning determines rank, and wher etheboss ” andthe fixer of electionsare unknown. Missionaries wr ite oftheth rongsthat

gather instrange citiesto hearthempreach , ofthenewgentleness and courtesy ever ywher e shownthem, andofthe incr easingnumber of youngpeople pressing intothemissionschools .

Inthe midstof allthis, whenthe Lord’s voice is heard callingusto liftupoureyes and look onthe fields nowwhite forthe har vest, comes word fromour solitarywatchmanuponthe watch -tower inHong-Kongthatwhenhe r eturnedtohis post, as hedidlastyear , perplexed and down- hearted, because notone Christianinall Americaheeded his calland wentwith himto his field,to his surprise and joythe Lord has

beenpreparinghis ownservants inthe per sonof Chinese emigrants coming home fromAmcrica, bringingwiththemnotmoney only and knowledge ofthe wide wor ld, butthenew- found faith ; graduates of laundries, butalsoof our Sunday - schools,member sof our churches, filled with aneager spirittotelltheir parents,their br ethren,theirneighbor s, of Jesus Christ. Ah, dear friends, God

’s ways are notas our ways. Letus

notbe slowto catch histhoughtandwalk wher e he leads .

Her e,then, isthe callto us. Beginwiththe Chinamanatyour door . R ecognisethatthe Lord Jesus stands befor e you inhim. Y ouprove your ownfaith ; you do itunto” your Lord ; you forwardthe planof Godwhenyoutake himbythe hand and

gently entreathimfor Christ.Forthe same r easonyou willgive yourmoneyto supportthe work ofthis Association. N0work has beenmore devoted,mor e upheldby prayer ,mor e Christlike, or , we

may add,mor e deser vedly successfulthanthatunderthe leadof our r epresentative, D r .

Pond, onthe Pacific Coast. He has already sur rounded himself with a bandoftrainedChristianconverts, whowouldbe a joy inany field, and who ar e makingthemselvesfeltfor good far and wide. Their influence reachesto Chicago, St. Louis, and evenBostonandNew Y or k. Itis oursto seethatthe Ch ristiancitythey findher e is notless Christlikethanthatwhichmetthemwhenthey landed onour shores, andthatthehoodlumof our Easterncities nomor e representsthe spiritof our churchesthandoeshe of SanF rancisco andof Oakland. Letus be car efulto showthatour hand willbeas promptly r aisedtoprotectthe helpless Chinamanfrominsultonthe stre etas itwillbeto lead his soultoChrist. Letus insistupon' it, as Americans and as Christians,thatnodistinctionof r ace or of color shallstandbetweenanymanand his rights. either inthe State or inthe Church . Thenmay we hOpethatall—white and black, ChinamanandAmer ican—willcare less for r ights andmor e for duties, and, inthe joy of atruebrother hood, will labortogethertobr inginthe day ofthe Lord. Inany case, letus,with allourmultiformmachinery , our conventions

, our societies , our chur ches, benotsobusy savingsoulsthatwe have notcar eto savemenandwomen.

R EPOR T OF THE PINAN CE COMMITTE E .

ax r . J. u s e , use , CHAIRMAN.

Y our committee beg leaveto r eportthatthey have had under considerationthematter s committedtothem. They have been attendedby your Tr easur er , andtheyhave examined his reports submitwd, particularlythe detailed statementof r eceipts andexpenditures forthe year closed also statementoftrustfunds ofthe Association; alsostatementof r esour ces and liabilities, and ofthe income ofthe Daniel Hand EducationalFund forthe same period. These statements cometo us duly vouched for byth estandingcommittee of auditor s electedbythe Association. A summarized statementof receipts and expenditures has beenprinted and distributed atthis meeting, which


society andits contributingfriends . Canwemeetthis duty with is.than ft:the cur rentyear itY our committee say , No. Per haps youwillbe readytoacquiesa .

Butletus see whatthismeans . Itmeansthatevery livingdonor who contributed lflyear mustincrease his contr ibution60per cent. , orthe number of donors mus be

largely increased. A large amountwas received lastyear fr omestata and lq aciu ,

namely, This resource is a variable quantity . The Anociationcannotdepend onany increase fromthis source. Its confidencemustbe inthe living, whocangive ifthey will.

Y our Committee deemitproperto callmore pa rticular attentiontothemagnificentgiftof DanielHandtothe Association. Itis quite likelythatsome may suppose, andsomemay havemeasur edtheir gifts lastyear inthe belief,thatthe income ofthis fundwas applicableto pay cur r entexpenses ofthe Association. Butthis is notso. The

DanielHandFundis appropriatedto specialwork, which , although connectedgener allywiththe work ‘

orthe Anociation, a yetnota partofthatordinary work for whichthis fundwe recommendtobe raisedisto be expended. Hence allfriends ofthe Anociationmustmake andmeasuretheir giftsto itunderstandingthatthe sumweprq rossmustbe raised withoutany aid fromthe income fromthatmilliondollars conditutlngone ofthe grandestgifts of ourtime. Shallthis forthe cur r entwork oftheAssociation for 1 889 be furnishedto it? This is God

’s wor k. The church es ha s

repr esented andthe friends ofthe Associationhavethe money . Itcannotbe puttoany nobler Christianuse ;theneeds demandit, andwe recommendthatsmooo he

raised forthe Associationfor its curr entwork forthe year nowbegun.

R E POR T ON SE CR ETA R Y BTR fl E Y ’B PAPER .

av asv . o. a. wmcox,n.n. ,mu rmu r .

The paper by D r . Strieby impresses your committee as anadmir ably compr ehensive anddiscriminatingstatementofthe policy andwork ofthe Association. Asto ‘s.-treconstructionof our educational andmissionary societies,tothe suggestionof whirmuch ofthe paper calls attention, and fromwhich he dissents, we shoulddowellmake haste slowly . Sometime inthe futur e itmay become practicable. Butvdiscover no finger of Providence pointingtoward itatpr esent.

Ifthethoughtwereto reduce our societiesto whichthese interests ar e intrunedtwo, calling for buttwo annual collections wher ewe now havethree or four , ituse “

noprophetto foreseethe effectofthatonthe amounts collecwd. Ifthe suggestionisthe reconstruction, notofthe societies, butonly ofthe work—if itproposesthat0educational andmissionar y enterprises be sodividedthatno one society shallto a

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extentconductboth—ithas certainly anattr active look.

Butis itmor ethana look Theeducationalinstitutions of sever alof our societieswer e bornoutofthe inmostlife ofthose organizations and lie ontheir bosomf r

nourishmentto-dsy. To askthe AmericanBoard, for example,toturnover its collegr.rand schoolsto some other society , forthat, of cour se, is involved inthe plansuggest- i—wouldbe like askingone of our Christianmothersto send her babetothe foundlingehome. Some of us are old enoughto rememberthatthe venerable andnow sainted D'

Andersonwas atfirstvehemently opposedtothe schools plantedbythemissionar iesIndia. Itwas confoundingthingsthatdifler . The work of amimicnary society wanottomanage schools. The schools were discontinued. Butthe Board soond

cover edthatitwas doing its work with butone hand. The schools came back an"

cameto stay . Now we conser vatives ar e r ather jealous of our progressive breth r :callingfor a reconstructionofthe AmericanBoard. We knownotwheretothisthin

R eports of Committees . 366

Ifthe colleges and schools ofthe AmericanMissionary Associationwere secular ,

ifthey had no vital oneness of life with its chur ches ,there mightbe roomforthe plansuggested. Butthey ar e asthoroughly Christian intheir aimasthechurches. The chur ches ar e as indispensably educational asthe schools. As Dr .

Strieby remarks,theteacher is oftenthe pastor . The pastor finds a gr eatpa rtof hisflock inthe school. Theteacher steach inhis Sunday - school. The pr ayer -meetingdepends onthemfor its success . The unseenshuttles ofmutualsympathy, flyingbackand forth incessantly , ar e wesviugthetwotogether , andworkingoutthe one patternofthe Divine life insouls ,thatcover s both . The planproposedwould, atleasttothe eye,disentangle allcomplications. Itwould lay outthe wor k inthe Y ear - Book with cleancutprecision. Butvitalthings ar e notalways improved by vivisection. Itwoulddoubtless simplify our apprehensionofthe organs of amanto laythe lungs onone sideofthetable,the heartonanother ,the liver onathird, andthe brains ona fourth .

Buthow far itwould enhancethe vitality and usefulness ofthemanis another question. Ther e is anorganismwhich is often, andwithoutharm, inthatfashiondistr ibuted. Butitis amannikin—notaman.

The one mostformidable evil among our color ed countr ymenistheir deplor ableignorance ofthe connectionbetweenr eligionandmor ality—or r atherthe factthatr eligion, onits outward side, ismorality . The sable deaconwho, whenconfronted witha listof his sins as dark as his countenance, r epliedtriumphantly : Well, brodten, I’sebroke ebery commandmentob deten—butbress de Lord, I’se nebber los'my ’ligion,

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wasnomonster of iniquity . He was only saturatedandsoddenwiththe delusionwhichsubmerges Pagan,Mohammedan, andPapistalike, andthrows no little of its froth overProtestant,toooften,thatdutiestowardGod andtowardmanarenotblended, or evendove-tailedtogether . Butthey are weights inOpposite scales . Be only devoutinyourpenances or your hallelujshs, and your life amongmenis of little account. Now,thatnotioncannotbe cor r ected insuch apeople asthatone with which we havetodo intheSouth by anoccasionalSunday sermon. Inthe day - schoolitmustbe r eiteratedmorning, noon, andnightinvarious applications, line uponline andpr eceptuponpr ecept.And so, onthe other hand,teacher s, as well as scholar s,mustbe remindedby pastor s,with a little Puritanironintheir blood, oftheir Christian, aswellas educationalobligations. Onemember of your committee who has hadpr acticalexperience inthe Southernwork r eportsthatsometeacher s, occasionally evennow, needtobe r emindedoftheChristianser vicethatthe Association, as wellastheMaster , expects fromthem. Butdividethese differ entfunctions, putthe churches and Sunday - schools under otherauspices, and, self- evidently ,thattemptationwouldbe somuchthe wor se. Wemusthave gropedoutofthemorningtwilighttowardthemillennialdaymuch furtherthanwe have before any such plancanbe reducedto fact.

D r . Strieby speaks inthe paper of his clericalfriendoftwenty - five year s ago, whothoughtthe work ofthe Associationwouldbetr ansient. Itr eminds us ofMr . Seward’sremarkthatthree months would endthe civilwar . We ar e infor a longcampaign.The sad factis nottobe blinkedthat, withthe enormous increase ofthe coloredpcpulation,the illiter acy amongthemis gr eatertodaythanatthe close ofthe r ebellion.

We have needto singattimes :0, 1ea ruto soornth e pr aise of men0, learntoloss with God.

As D r . Goodwingrandlytold us yesterday , our work is undertheMaster 's order .Success is no concernof ours. Butsuccess, because itis His concern, is sure. Ever ylosing battle inHis ser viceturns intimeto victory . We remember inCountAgenorde Gasparin

’s Uprisingof a G reatPeople,” how spell-bound, awe- str uck, he appearedtobe befor ethatmagnificentground swellofthe loyalnation, rollingon, as atr aveling


mountainr ange,to sweepthe rebellionas drift-wood befor e it. The eightmillions ofthe freedmenandtheir childrenare rising. If , forthe present,there are r efluentwavesthatsaddenus itis Godwhobrings inthetide.

“ And whenI begin,”saiththe Lord,

I willalsomake anend.

R E POR T ON SE CR ETAR Y BEAR D’

S PAPER .

s r asv . n. x. mm, D. D. ,mu rmu rsThe committeetowhich was r efer r edthe paper of Secretary Beard respectfully re

portthatthe Missionary View ofthe SouthernSituationthereinpr esented impres sus profoundly withthe factthatthe sincerestpiety isthemostexalted patriotism. Itcommends itselfto us as worthy ofthemostserious attentionofthethoughtfulof bothraces inthe North and inthe South . The gr avity ofthe Southernproblem, as setbeforeus, is little lessthanappalling. The colored r ace now looks back over a quarter of acentury of freedomand r ecognized rights . Thetraditions andcustoms andconservativeties of slavery ar e brokenwith its chains. The ideas, aspir ations andmanly instinctsofliberty havetakenhold uponthe color ed people and are becoming controlling. The

intellectualprogr ess ofthemany,the political and nationalprominenmofthe few,the acquisitionof wealth, andthemar velously disproportionate incr ease intheir numbers, ser veto awakenthe colored raceto self- consciousness and a sense of power . Itis beginningtodemandits rights andto be impatientoftheir resistance and suppres

sion. The Ssmsonofthe past, bound, shornand blinded, standstoday with fetter!broken, with locks grownlong, andwith eyes yetdim, butwiththe dimness of retumingvision, as one who seesmenastrees walking. Andwhether he shallbe car riedonto complete emancipation, intellectual and spiritual, atruemanhood, or goadedtomadness , and drivento bow himself againstthe pillars of our national and socialtemple, andpullitdowntothe commonruinof us all, isthe questionofthe hour . A

race so situated,werether e no other factor s inthe problem, would be a perilto any

people, and would call forthe mosthelpfuleffortand self - sacrificingzealand Christlike patience.

Butthe whitemaninthe Southernsituationis as ser ious a factor inthe problemasthe blackman. Ina differ entway,the incubus of slavery has r ested as heavily uponhimas uponhis black brother . The illiter acy isnotall onone side. If we putourselves inthe place of our Southernwhite brother s, and r emember whathumannatur eis, apartfromthe gr ace of G od, wemay notgreatly wonder , inviewofthe heritageofthe pastandthe realdifliculties andperils ofthe present,thatther e is anintensity ofr ace pr ejudice, and a bitterness of caste spirit, and anincr easinghostilitytothe risingcolor edpopulationwhich r egister s itself inoutbreaks of violence and bloodshed, inthedefiance of law, and incrimes againstthe ballot- box. Wemaynotbe greatly surpr isedthatther e shouldbe intelligentmenwho r egardthe educationofthe coloredmanas scalamity , anddeny his rights, and call for his disfranchisement. The whitemanofthe South needs emancipationand Ch ristianelevationas well asthe black. We arethe debtor s of Ch ristto both races . Leavethesetwo r acestothemselves withoutthegospelof Christ, andthe conflictbetweenthemis inevitable, and itcanbe butter rificandprotracted, and a dark blotuponthe Christianname and civilization. Dr . Beard

has wellsaidthatthe problemcannotbe solvedby histor ic precedents. Alltalk of

slavery or peonage forthe inferior race, or migration, or extermination, or amalgamation, is idle andmorally repugnantandpolitically dangerous .

The problemsetfor our solutionby Almighty G od is justthis—as stated inthismissionary view of it: How, being fr ee,two r aces as dissimilar as arethe white andblack r aces , now equal befor ethe law, canlive side by side underthe same govern

as 01 1 30 . D r . Wr ight.ADDRESSES ON THE PRECBDING

Wh enth atEg) ptisnKing, of whomwe all know,was carving

mom. » of his gr eatness which , ev en as broughtto us bylate, have inte r ested us all somuch. andwhenEgyptwasthpowe r inthe wor ld, slave women, of whomth e motherone. wer e lamentingbyth e Nile. Butthe peopleth ento bethe Hebr ews, butthe Egyptians.

As ith ink ofthe futur e ofmy country,my anxiety is notfortheT hetwo nations which seemdestinedto exertinthe outth e mostintense and wide influence a r e R ussia andth e United

Befor e each ofth emG od h as setessentiallythe sametask andto ha ve conditioned la rgelytheir prospe rity uponth e way inwhich

it. Thatta sk isto developintosons who have beendwa r fed andthorough ly and speedily isthenationto decide In R ussia

,

CountTolstoi and CountTolwe inR ussia need supr c

and schools .

"The Ame ricanMissionar y Association, inviewof all?

has beensaid he r ethesetwo days, seemstometo be r epeating, viii“emphasis of anadequate experience,those same words ; and Ithis”:

Hand has showna judgmentequalto his generosity inso wordingdimditions of his giftthatitr epeatsthe samething. The Association,“intentiona lly or unintentiona l ly, istellingusthatwhatwe need intheSUsupr emely is “

schools and schools and schools .

By schools I certainly donotmeaninstitutionswhichtr ainonlythenorthe body, or both . I amper fectly familiar withthe pictu r e whichMaturinBal lou has dr awnofthe Alaska Indianusingthe know ledge gzinmissiona ry schoolsto r aise a check. I knowthateducationwhichnotrightlytr ainthe will may be givingtoolsto a burgla r or weapommadman.

. The ana r chismin Chicago, butforthe education itcutwould havebeenlike Bunyan’s giants—able onlyto gnawitsna ils innand have fits insunshiny weather . Butthe Ame r icanMissiona r y Astionunder standsthisthorough ly . Inthatcopy ofthe year 's r e v iew

D r . Str ieby sentme,the r eportofthe school work was marked with

pencil,thatofthe chur chworkwith ablue one ;butthetwomark s ov e r ]:the r ed andthe blue, so completelythatallattempsto separateth errhopeless . D r . Strieby himself could notdistinguish betweenth e c

Addr ess of R ev. D r . Wr ight.workandthe school work ofthe Association. N0mancan. They ar e indistinguishable becausethey have beeninsepa r able. This is as itshould be.

This is essentia ltotheir r eal success . This is NewTestamentpr eachingdiscipling; andthatis whattheMastertold usto do. The danger of

CountTolstoi's leader shipin R ussia is gr eat, anditis solelythis:thathedoes notknowthatfact. The safety of your guidance, gentlemen,who conductthe policy ofthis Association

,isthatyou do. The educationgiven bythe State and bythe Feder a l Governmenthas been and

mustnecessarily be, a lmostwhol ly secula r . Butthe educationgivenbythis Associationis distinctly, nottechnica l ly, r eligious. Itis rooted and

grounded inthe Bible . And if whatI amsaying appea r sto youtrite, Iamglad of it

, because itshowsthatonthe substantial facts we a r e atone and need no argument.Ther e ar e

,howeve r

,two facts which sharply distinguish betweenthe

work we haveto do among our emancipated slaves andthatsetbefor eRussia amongher emancipated ser fs, andwhichmake itmor e conspicuouslyobviousthanitcanbe in R ussiathatwe need schools. We have

,fi r stof

all,to contend withthe pr ejudice of color . We have beentold how gr eatthatis. I need spendnotime inr epeatingthiswhilethe debates atWorcester

and inthe Episcopa l Convention atNew Y ork ring in our ea r s ; whileHar vard senior s cannotelectfor class or atorthe ablestand fittestmantheyhave if he happensto be color ed, withoutelicitingfromNew Y ork news

paper stwo- column editorials of amazement; and while writer s as wise, asinformed

,and as calmas George Cable, ar e unableto write withoutshow

ingtheir quiveringappr ehensionof a r ace war . The wickedness ofthisclass fee lingis concededby allgoodmen, and I neednotdwel l uponit.The cause of ithas beenlargely over looked, andther efor eth e r emedies

so oftenadvocated have proved futile . Untilthe cause is distinctly r ec

ognized and acknowledged and r emedied,the pr ejudice wil l r emain. The

cause isthis All fr eeborn people in ever y age and clime have had a

contemptfor slaves . Thatis very nea rthe feeling—ma rkmy words—theyoughtto have. Itwas stronger inAthensthanithas ever beeninCha r leston.

Itis pa rtly, and has a lways been largely, causedbythe wicked pr ide of

maste r ship, butithas also beenla rgely inspir ed bythe per ceptionofthosevices and infer iorities which his conditionbr eeds inthe slave . Ignor ance,deceit, cowardice, a r e contemptible ; andther efor e menwho know betterfall intothe way of despisingthose who a r e ignor antand cowardly insteadoftr yingto helpthembecomethe r ever se of allthesethings. Innea r ly everyothe r nation—ther e a r etwo exceptionsthatwill r eadily occurto you—save

our own,as soonasthe slave ’

s chains have beenbrokenandthe slave 's viceser adicated,the emancipatedmanhasbeenabsorbed amongthe c lass of fr eemen. Ther ewas nothing leftto suggestthathe had ever beena slave . The

people forgotit. Butthe blackmanbea r s aninefiaceahlema r kthathe belongsto a r ace which has beenenslaved; and itis,ther efor e, inninety-nine

870 Addr ess of R ev. D r . Wr ight.cases outof a hundr edunconsciouslybutinstinctively assumedthathis is stillthe ser vile cha r acter . Ther e is no natur al antipathy betweenthe white andthe black r aces ; ifther e wer ether e couldbe nomulattoes . The sole r easonofthe per sistence ofthis caste feelingisthatthe blackmanbear sthemarksayingto ever y onethatsees him,

“I belongto a r acethathasbeenenslaved

and unconsciouslymen assume, Ther efor e your cha r acte r is still a ser vilecha r acter .

”The pr ejudice is deep; itis a lmostuniver sal; and so long asther e is a G od inheavenwho led forththe Hebr ews and overth r ewthe

Pha r aohs,ther e wil l be no safety forthis Nationof our s untilthe pr ejudice

is obliter ated, as completely asthatwhich once existed and was mor e intense betweenthe Anglo- Saxonandthe Norman. I f,as has beenthe case

inmany another land,ther e should a r ise anemergencyth r eateningthe ex

istence of our Nation, andthe r e wer e oneman, and only one, capable of

stee ringusth roughthe storminto safety—some Lincolnor Washingtonand if ever y voter in our country knewthatthismanwer ethe only one

who could do it,thatman, if he wer e black, could notbe e lectedPr esident. Wer e such anemergencyto ariseto-mor row

,we shou ldperish .

We should perish by suicide,and rich ly deser ve allthatwe got. There

is no safety for our land untilthis pr ejudice of caste is gone . Itnever came by a rgument; itcan never be argued away. Itcan notbesmother ed under legislation nor uprootedby r esolutions nor efi'

acedbytea r s . While goodmenfeel itthey wil l fightit, butthemajority wil l yieldto itand itcanbe decided inonly one way. Thatway was wel l outlinedby a color ed studentinHampton Institute inthe debatingclub ofthatinstitution. The subjectfor discussionwas, How Sha l l We BlackMenSecur eOur R ights?” The lastspeaker was black as ebony, and hadbeen

br ed in his ea r ly yea r s a slave. When he a rose I expectedto hea r himr epeatthe familiar complaints and suggestthe familia r r emedies . He did

neither . He simply said:“My fr iends, I donotagr ee with allthatyou h a ve

said. Ithink,as you do,thatthe waywhite peopletr eatus in'the str eetca r s

and hotels —and he mighthave added,in chur ches, buthe did

notis wrong, unch ristian,and cruel . Andwhen he saidthat,th er e

was a pathos inhis voice which made me ashamedto be a white man.

“But

,

”he added, while Ithink as you dothatitis cruel, I donotthinkthatthe white people will eve r stoptr eatingus as infer ior s so longas we

a r e infer ior s, and Ithinkthatthey will despise us as longasthey can. Butwhenwe getenough cha r acter inour hea rts

,enough br ains inour head,

and

enoughmoney inour pockets,they wil l stopca llingus nigger s!”

He was r ight—athousandtimes right. Wemustfacethe facts andsteer bythem, andnotattemptto be guided by sentimentand emotions.So long asthe sightof a black face instinctively suggeststo us r ags andignor ance, andser vility andmenia l employments, justso longthis pr ejudice ofcaste wil l endur e, andno amountof individual genius, cultur e, or cha r acterwil l be ableto brushthe mildew of caste fromany individual black

872 Addr ess of R ev. D r . Woodbur y .

:I amtoooldto do it,butso complete ismy convictionthatthe futur e ofthe r ace inthe comingcentury sha l lmovetowa rdAfrica as inthe ages fol

lowingPaul itmovedtowardthe North andWestof Europe,thatwe r e I ayoungman, loya l anddevotedtomyMaster , andtryingas hetold his fol

lower s by Gennesar etto r ead inthemorning and eveningr edth e signs ofthetimes, I shouldnotgotoAfrica, per haps ; I wouldgoto Touga loo U niver sity, Ithink, andther e devote allmy energies andpower sto instr uctingblackmeninthemeaning and scope and inspir ationand promise oftheMaster 's words, “

G o ye .

”

ADDR BBB OPm . P . P . W OODBU R Y , D .D .

I feelthatI have lea rned a gr eatdea lto- day ; and asthe lastspeakerspoke concerningAfr ica, anidea has come into mymindwhich I may ex

pr ess. Her e we have onone side ofthe gr eatocean, Africa ; onth e otherside, America. We have her e a r ace conflict; onthe one side eightmil lionsof blacks

,we will say, and perhaps eightmil lions of ir r econcilable whites

onthe oth er . Andthese dominanteightmillions of whitemenmaintain,withthe utmostpertinacity—andthey havethe power intheir righthand so far

as we cansee—thatthey proposeto rule and keepdownthose eightmillionsof black men. I have seenthetitle of a book r ecently published,

“An

Appealto Pha roah , which is vouched for as a ca lmandtemper ate discussionofthe questionwhether

,after all

,we a r e notgoingto getbythis r ace

difi culty by a gr eatdeportationto Afr ica . Itis a good dealto r aisethequestionof eightmillions ofmenleavingone country andgoingacr osstheoceanand settling inanother continent. Butisn’tther e something initafter all?Mightitnotcomposethe diff er ences? I knowthatth e costwould be very large, butca r eful estimates goto showthatthe costis notanywher e nea rthe amountwe spentinour civil war . Onthe one side

,we

havethese eightmil lions of blackmen—ignor ant, very largely super stitious,still somewhatabovethose ofthe same color inAfrica, and plunged here

into anantagonismwhich is deep, and bitter , and hopeless. Onth e otherside

,we havethese eightmillions of white people who do notacceptthe

r esults ofthe war . Isn’titbetterthateightmillions shall go? I don

‘tknow. Ithink itdeser ves serious consider ation.

Butwhenthe questiona r ises for pr actical consider ation, Ithinkther eis another and a little deeper questionthatwe oughtto r emember , andthatisthis:Which eightmil lions oughtto go? Is itthesewho have be enfaithfultothe Amer icanflag, who a r e str aightinthe line of progr es sthatthisr epublic proposestomaintain, who a r e inthe line ofthe developmentofallthe ages, who a r e lookingupwa rd? Or is itthe eightmillions whoar ehopelessly side -tr ackedbythe purposes of infinite G od, andwho a r e stand

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inghere inthis r epublic, undertakingtomaintaina conflictthatis necossarilyone of despair , as sur e as G od is atthe headofthe univer se? Expatriationif you please, deportationif you will ; butconsiderthe questionwhether itsha ll be eightmillions of Amer icanpatriots who ar eto be sentovertoAfrica or eightmillionswho have come outof a r ebel lionandmaintaintheir seditious and r ebellious attitudeto- day.My friends, we allknowthatwe ar e goingto livetogether . Ther e isnomore baselesstheory onGod’

s earththanthatwe ar e goingtotake eightmillions of menand sendthemoutofthis country, becausethey wanttolearnsomething, becausetheywantto live likemenandbemenandcitizens,andbecause G od has putthemher e for our work and our education. Itell you,my friends,the immediate problemseemstome only one formof

a larger pr oblem. Whatisthe problemofthe planetto- day? Is itnottheproblemasto which oftwotheor ies shal l maintain itself conce rningthemasses which ar e atthe base of society? Isn’tthatthe problemineverynation? I sn

'titthe problemher e concerningwhite and black, r ed and

yellow alike? Ther e is no possible doubtaboutit. The labor problem, do

you call it? Her e is onetheory which holdsthatthemasses shal l be keptdown. H er e isthe other systemwhichmaintainsthatthey shall be elevated.

We have gotto live withtheminthe wor ld, for I imaginether e is nobodytalking aboutsendingthem.tothemoon. Don’tyou know,

and I knowthatthe wor ld is growingsmal ler ever y yea r ? Ta lk aboutneighbor hoodlook overthis continent. Germany is her e ; I r elandis her e ; F r ance is her e ;China is her e ; Africa is her e . We ar e neighbor sto everybody. We a r etotching e lbows acrossthe ocean allthetime . If you send anybodytoAfrica

, why, he is only nextdoor ; and by and by we sha ll have air ships.thatwil l floatupoverther e ina few hour s! How ar e you goingtomanagethisthing? We have gotto livetogether inthis wor ld, and nea r er andnearerto one another with every gener ation; andthis countrymay justaswell bethe field inwhichtotrythe exper imentoutas any other countr y onthe face ofthe globe. Ithinkwe ar egoingtotry itouttothe end. The r e

ar e symptoms of italla round.

Butthe conflictis her e ; itis inthe air . Itis nota conflictby sword.

Y ou knowtheytellthe legend amongthe oldmediaeva l stor iesthatinoneofthe gr eatbattles onone ofthe plains of Europe, afterthe quietdarknessofthe nighthad settled overthe scene,the field str ewnall over withtheforms ofthemangled andthe dead,ther e wer e seeninthe shudder ingmidnightairto r ise spiritformsmaintainingthe deadly conflictther e, and ca r

ryingonthe battle ofthe day. Itseemstome,insome sense

,true of us.

The sword has donewhatthe sword could do; itcandonomor e . Buttheconflictis her e inthe air , pronouncing itself with every eventthatdr iftsacr oss our horizon. Har vard sets its sea l onthe brow of ClementMorgan,andtheMemphis Avalanche has no other word for himthanto call himthatdusky steer withthe crumpled for elock.

"

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My friends, we a r e goingrightforwa rd inthe field of conflict, which is.the field of victory . One with G od is amajority, andwe a r ethousandswith G od. Andwe have onour sidetheweak andthe helpless,too. I don’twantany better aidthanthat. Y ou knowthatBurke inthatmagnificentinvective againstWa r r enHastings, whenhe rosetothe very c limax of itandtoldthe stor y ofthose atrocioustorturestowhichthe poor andignorantandmisguided peasants of India had beenput, howthey had hadtheirfinger stiedtogether andmashedwith hammer s, and other unmentionablethings hadbeendonetothem,

appea ledtothe pa r liamentand saidthatifthey should r efuse justicethosemashed and disabled hands, lifted hightoH eaveninpr ayer ,would ca l l downthe power of G od fortheir deliverance.

I s itnotwor setomash and disable amind and a soulthana hand? Itellyouthe pr ayer s ofthe poor ar e onour side ; and if we had nothingof allthismagnificentachievementofthis Associationto look upon,we could lookonthose hands r aised andthose souls cryingoutfromthe socia l bondage

.ofto-day, asthey did fromthe physica l bondage of a few yea r s ago, and

knowthatif G odbe for us we neednotcar e who or whatis againstus.

ADDR E SS OP PR OFE SSOR G R AHAMTAY LOR .

I have buta very few wordsto addtothis r eport. The facts speak

louderthanany statementofthemcan. When skirtingthe Asiatic shore

o fthe inner sea,thatlonelytr aveler , Paul, heard a voice, he looked acrosstothe shor es of Europe, andther e inthe nightstood a gr eatcolossalform, notof a naked savage, buta formcladper haps, inthe panoply oftheMacedonianpha lanx,the r epr esentative ofthe Eur opethatthenwas andwas yetto be

,the pr ecur sor , itmay be,tothe classical ly informed

mind ofthe missionarytothe Gentiles, ofthatlongprocessionof greatwor ld conqueror s. ItwastheMan ofMacedonwho stoodther e inthemightof his str ength and cried, likethe cr yingof an infantinth e night.the cr yingof aninfantforthe light, “

Come: come over intoMacedoniaand helpus .

Now,my br eth r en,this wasthe cr y ofthe strong for help. T h is wasthe cr y ofthe peoplesthatwer e fol lowingthe westwa rd cour se ofth e star

of empir e. And yet, intheir str ength ,they c ried asthoughthey we r etheweakestof womanborn. And whenthatmissionar y, inr esponsetothatca l l

,crossedthe sea

,though he cametothatMacedonian city which had

beenthe battle - scene ofthe contending forces ofthe R oman empir e, hefound access forthe gospel into Europeth roughthe open heartof one

woman—Lydia, a sel ler of purple . Andther e, sittingdownbyth e watercour se

,wher e pr ayer was wontto be made, he justgroupedthose indi

viduals intothatunitof God’

s oper ations onthe face ofthe earth,th e localohur ch . Andthis chur ch was distinguished amongthe apostolic ch u r ches

376 Addr ess of P r ofessor Taylor .

the very bestbr ainandbr awnofthe English r aceto India. So itseemstome we will haveto hold upthese gr eatorganizations, which r each downtothe ha rd places ofthe land, which occupy placesthatr equir ementomanthem

,in orderto r ecr uitthe r anks of our ministers . A manneedsto

knowthathe wil l havetobe allthemor e amantobe anythingof aminister now- a - days,to attr acthimintothis gr eatwork. Andthis heroictypeof Ch ristianministry and of Ch ristianmanhood and womanhood, showninthe ha lf century ofthis society’

s work and existence, istomymind one ofthe gr eatattr actions uponthe best,the strongest, andthemostconsecr atedofthose menand womenwho devotetheir livestothe ser vice ofthechur ch .

Its r eflex influence uponevery other br anch of missiona ry activity inthe chur ch is ver y plain. Itisto- day—I do nothesitateto say it—the

h ero of our organizations . Ittakes fa r less stamina, fa r less consecration,I believe

,to goto India , or China, or Japanthanitdoestocome outatthe

c a l l of G od and ofthis agency of His divine Providence and entermanya fie ldmanned bythis Association. Inthe per sonnel of ourtheologicalseminaries I have longnoticedthatthe choicestspirits,the menwiththestampof cour age uponthem,

those who a r e notworking for place, butforCh rist

,andhima lone

,ar ethemenwhotake upthis work. They arethe

menwho, whenthey come backtothe schools ofthe prophets,th rill ourhea rts as no other mendo withthe stor y ofthe conquests of Ch ristintheirownhearts as well as outinthe ha rd fields whichthey cultivate for hissake ; andther e wil l be nomor e glowingmissionary meetingofthe semina r y with which I havethe honorto be connectedthanwhenthe r eportsofthis meeting shal l be ca r ried backtothe br eth r en. The pr ayer s ofthe class- rooms

,the pr aye r s ofthe missiona ry meetings,the yearnings ofthe hearts ofthemenwho a r e pr epa r ingto fol low inthe footsteps ofthose

who have heroically ledthe way, a r ethe wir es forthese unseen and yetnever unused electric cur r ents which unitethe North withthe South,thef rontier withthe citadels of our commonCh r istianity.

We know ver y we l lthe danger of a false education, of a school withouta chur ch

,educationwithoutevangelization, a univer sity withoutthe heart

of Ch ristbeating init. G r eata r ethe joy and confidence feltinthehea rts ofthe constituency ofthis bodythatschool and church a r e so inextr icably inte rwovenwith each otherthatif you planta school itwil l developinto a chur ch

,and ifthe chur ch comes itwill eventua l ly and inevitablyte - act

,and inamostblessedway inspiritua l andofteninmater ia l r esources

uponthe school . We give la rgelytothe school becausether e is a homebeneath itand a chur ch a round it.

I r egardthese chur ches ofthe Amer icanMissionary Associationwiththeir evangelistic and nurtur ing agencies, prime sociological factor s fotbringinginCh rist’s dea r kingdominthis land of our s. Itistheir missionnotonlyto r emedy evils

,notonlyto r estor e r ights, butto be gr eatcon

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structive agencies of a new Christian civilization. For whenChristcame,he came pr eaching, notthe gospel ofthe individua l, nota gospel simplyto savethatman

,thatwoman

,thatchild, butthe gospel ofthe Kingdom,the gospe l whichthis gr eatAssociation so effectual ly pr eaches and not

only pr eaches butapplies and administer s as well . Andthetime will notbe far hence whenthis whole subjectofthe environmentofthe spirituallife will for ce itself so imper atively uponthe study ofthe churches athomethatthey willtakethetype oftheir work andthe inspir ationfortheir newdevelopments fromthe leader shipofthis and kindr edmissiona ry organizations which have setthemthesemostbr il liantexamples of beingahead ofthethoughtandthe feeling oftheir day.

ADDR ESS OP R EV . C . W . HIATT .Mor ethanfifty year s ago De Tocqueville gave utter ancetothese prophetic words: Themostformidable of allthe il lsthatth r eatenthe futur eexistence ofthe United States a rises fromthe pr esence of a black populationuponitster r itor y . Ithinkthatthatprophecy has beeniter ated andreiter ated befor ethis conventionuntil we oughtfinal lyto letitr estas anestablished fact. I believe we ar emenacedbythese eightmillions of people, who a r etwice as gr eatinnumber as wer ethe people ofthe UnitedColonies whenthey broke fromthe mightiestnaval andmilitary power inhistory ; butI believethatthe perilthatwe a r emenacedby inthe pr esenceofthis blackmanarises fromhis per ils . Ther e is a per il fromthe blackman

, butitis a per ilseconda rytothe per il ofthe blackman uponthissoil. I donotappr ehend any uprisingby Unc le Tom butUncle Tomisdead

, and his sonis her e and his fr iends of a younger gener ation. These

menar e beinggnar led and cor rupted and imbruted, and a r emassingthemselves

,touchingelbows one with another ; and underthe influences ofthe

age inwhich we live ar e becoming a factor inour civilizationwhich , untess wemodify and change itunder our Ch ristianteaching, will r ender ourSouth land likethatisland onthe north ofthe Ca ribbean Sea wher etoday itis saidthatthe name of '

l‘

oussaintl’Ouvertur e,the original defeuder and liber ator , is a hissingand a r eproach .

Itwas a fine augury ofthe futur e whenthe work forthe ex- slave beganatFortr essMonroe inthe atmospher e of r eligion. Ma r y Peake,meetingthe advancingmultitudes of r efugees, gospe l inheartandprimer in hand,as by divine suggestion, laidthe patternof all our succeedingtoil . Side

by side ofmutua l helpfulness G od has placedthe a lphabetand decalogue,theteacher andthe pr eacher ,the school - house andthe church .

“Whattherefor e G od hath joinedtogether letnotmanputasunder .

”

The la rgest, gr andestword inthetitle ofthis organization is MisSionary. Whenthatworddrops outits work wil l be done, for its callwill

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have ceased. Our ultimate end andpr esentpurpose is, and always should

be, simplythis—to save. We cannotliftour fallen brothe r withoutthelever age ofthe cross .

No field is wider,none mor e diflicult,thanthatto which our eyes areturned

,embr acingas itdoes four ofthe five families of mankind. They

huddletogether inthe lapof Ch ristendom,butfeel no wa rmth . They ar e

a demonstr ationofthe factthatcivilizationnevertouches ba rba rismwithoutpol lutingit. The Indian

,finding his highestidea l inthe rude andtipsy defende r of our flag;the Chinaman,taking homemor e heathenismthanhe brings ;the Negro, boundtighte r bythe vices ofthe whitesthanever

he was bytheir ironchains—theseth r ee, ignor antofthe Ch ristandgr aspingthe satanic weaponry of our sinful land and age,together formthemostdiscour aging of mission fields. Our labor er s a r e facedby allthe se r ious

problems ofthe for eign land—problems unr elievedby a single r omanticcha rm. Whenwe send our missiona r iestoAfr icathey goto labor amongtheAfr icans ; and whenwe sendthemdownSouththey gototeach “nigger s.

Notice,then

,whatthe r eportofthis committee signifies inthe pr esence

ofthe factthatour labor er s notonly gr apple with for eignlanguages, conceptions, idolatries, habits of benighted peoples, butallthetime a r e hin

der ed and assailed on every hand bythese BedouinAr abs of ou r landtheminions ofmammonandthe slaves of caste. To gather and hold and

save insuch a field asthis,istask enough forthe finestcorps inthe a rmy

ofthe Lord.

Inthe pr esence ofthese wel l - knownfacts,the r eportofthe committeeadds another chaptertothe Book of Acts. Itgladdens our hea rts withth ril lingmusic—the music of ringingsickle and r eaper

’

s song. F romall

overthismighty field, frommountain, and savannah,and shor e, and plain,

we hea rthe r esonantfootsteps of advancingtroops—a solid r egimentofconve rtsma r chinginthe army of our Ch ristand intothe fellowshipof his

Congr egationa l Chur ch . I wantyouto noticethatthis church which wehave planted inthe South is justthe kind of a chur chtotakethese peopleand assimilatethem

,to savethemandtopr eser vethemtotheir highestuse

fulness . And why ? Inthe fir stplace, because itis a churchth atwilltakethemin. I sawthe other daythis inscr iption over a gr eatar cher ected inhonor of our Pan- Americanguests inthe city of C lev eland,Welcome All Amer icans .

" Well,the Congr egationa l Chur ch h a s putth r eeta lismanic letter s overthe porta l of ever y chur chthatithas planted

inthe South and inthe West,

“A.M. A .

—Allmankind acceptable .

Ever y convertin our wor k has cosmopolitan views r espectingthebrotherhood ofman. Thismeansthatonethousand people have seatedthemselves befor e an apostolic communiontable . White, black, red and

yel low,side by side inha rmony befor ethe brokenmemoria ls ofthe life of

love . The spir itof color - caste is a post- apostolic devil . Themosteminentconv ertofthe evangelistPhilipwas as black as amiddle veinofMas

380 Addr ess of R ev. D r .Msk.

Finally we notonly hide a multitude of sins, we notonly ser v etheState, butwe r each forth a longa rmto savethe wor ld. Awhile ago I was

inthe study of D r . Ladd. Ther e, spr eadbefor e us, wer e r elics of hiswe lltemember ed cruise a longtheNile. Ther e wer e implements for r udetillage ofthe soil,ther e wer e swords and spea r s beateninto shape by barbar ic a rtisans

,ther e wer ethe cats and lizards andtoads, objects of wor shipby un

numberedmillions. Thus wer e displayedih objectlessonthe savage r y and

idolatry of one ofthe la rgestfamilies ofman. The Doctor placedhis fingeronthemapatMendiMission.

“Ther e, saidhe, I sawa rowofmissionar ies

gr aves. Their headstones sadlytoldthetale ofthe pestilential land. Two

months,th r eemonths, ninemonthsthey sur vived,andthenfel lto rise no

mor e . N0 whitemancanendur ethe clime .

"

Anothe rtime I was ata commencementof Fisk Univer sity . I sawPro~

fessor Spencetaketwo photogr aphs, and holdthemupbefor ethe gazeof five hundr ed intelligentcolored youths, whose faces fair ly glowed astheylooked uponthe wel l - r emember ed featur es oftwo oftheir alumni, who inWesternAfr ica, if Imistake not, a r eteachingthe gospel of Ch ristand eu

duringthe r igor s ofthe climate . And inthe glowingfeatur es ofthese fivehundr ed folk

,I sawthe prophecy of a splendid r ecruitingof our feeble

for ces inthatcontinentwhich by andby sha llnotbe dark. Ah,this workis gr and We a r eputtingthe cross of Jesus intothe dusky handsthatshallcar r y itnotonlytothe land ofthe pyr amids, notonlytothe land oftheancientwall ; but, as I believe,ther e will come a day whensome childnowinour schools ofthe West, some Apache or Dakotan, will rise with apostolic fer vor , and going southwa rd a longthe isthmus and overthemountains will putthistr ansfigur ed cross of Ch r istintothe pampas andthellanosth rough whichthe Amazon andthe Or inoco pourtheir majesticstr eams.

AD DR E S S OP R EV . D .M. PISK, D .D .

Itmay be fittingto add a few supplementarywords cor robor ative ofthehopeful viewtakeninthis r eportontheMountainWork. Atfi r stglanceitdoes seemthatthis is a discour aging field. I need notr ecapitulatewhathas beensaid inthe r eporta l r eady befor e you . Itis sufi cientlydiscour agingthe ignor ance andpoverty a r e notthe wor stfeatur es. The

positionofthe clergy inmany sections— I amhappyto say notinall—isful l of discour agement. The wor stthing we haveto face is

,

the apathyofthe people . Their ph r ase, We - uns neve r asked you - unsto come here,is certainlymostpathetic .

Whatdo we proposeto do aboutit? Whatdo we proposeto dowithmor ethantwomillions for whomCh r istdied, Amer icancitizens, intheveryheartof our Nation, a r ound whomthe cur r ents of commer ce and industry

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swir l every day? Sha l lthe gr eatesttida l wave of alltime passthemby, andtheynotfeel itfor amoment?Mor ethanall, shallthe greatgospelof G od,which is life

, and hope, andpeace, and home, for us, be nothingforthem?I amhappyto saythatitis notalldark by anymanner ofmeans . Y our

committee is hopeful,the member s ofthis Associationa r e hopeful, ourbrethrenonthe frontier a r e hopeful . Ther e a r e verymany favor ablethings,andon ofthemostfavor able istheir incr easingnumber s . Do we stoptoestimate whattwomil lions of souls means?Mor ethanthirtythousandcradles fil led ina single yea r .

These men r espectthe Bible. They feela super stitious r egard for it;they ar e notinfidel people . They have a simple, childlike faith, andtheBibleword istothemfina l . Manythingsthatmany of us haveto contendwith

,the br eth r enther e do notmeet. Imeaninthe field of infidelity .

They have gr eatr espectfor womanif she r espects her self. I havethestatementof one of our wor ker s inthe Souththata woman cango evenamongthesemenwhenthey ar e drunk, and if she r espects her self and hasmaintained her cha r acter she is per fectly safe intheir midst.This same writertel ls me of a youngmanwho wentoutfromone

oftheir schools, and keptschool in a certainplace duringthe winter .

Whenhe r eturned,he said Nothingwouldtemptmeto go backther e

again. Notso withthe young ladies. Itis one ofthemostastonishingsigns ofthetimesthatr eal ly intothe feeble hand of womanhood is giventhe key ofthe situation. They r espectthese gir ls,they r ever encethemand

givethema place of dignity intheir hearts. Thatmakes itpossible forthese womento do a large and splendidwork inthe South .

Once letthese gir lsthatcome underthe influence of our Ch ristianNorthernwomenwho gother e asteacher s, andthe gr aduates ofthese various

colleges and schoolsthatwe have planted, and a r e aboutto plantintheSouth ; once letcommonwomanhood inthe Souththathas beensomuchunderthe heel ofthis oppr ession; once letgir lhood feelthe powerthathascometo gir lhood,thattothemas youngwomeninthe cr adle ofthese bills,underthis fair sky is giventhe powertoturnover innotlessthanthirtyor forty yea r sthis whole country for G od and humanity, for enlightenment.and for Ch ristianpeace ;—once letthatideagetintotheminds ofthese gir ls,andwe have notthe same problemthatwe haveto- day.

Ther e is goodbloodther e as wel l . Ther e is amaninCongr essto- day,honoringhimself and his districtand his nation, who wentto schoolther e

,

and I knownotfor howmany yea r s wor e butone garment. I ca l lthatpretty good blood when fromsuch cir cumstances a mancancome uptosuch a la rge place.

This is atr ansitiontime withthis whole section. New conditions ar e

beingputuponthem. They feelthe outsidemovementofthe wor ld. A

friend of mine is now inthe South who has boughtupa large quantity oflumber ina certaindistrict

,and whenhe findsthe r ightmanhe wil l plant

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a schoolther e . Coa l and irona r e beingextensively worked. My brothe rher e (the R ev . S. E . Lath rop)tel ls methatnear Cumber land G ap fourhundr edhouses have gone upwithina very br ieftime, andovertwothousandworkmena r e pushinginto a sectionnotbefor e opened. Itwill notcomeinanhour or ina day ; butby andby, whenthesemenfacethe new life ofourtimes, whenthey have once feltits pr essur e, andthetr emendous disparity betweentheir manner of livingandthe high kindof life of Northe rnhomes and Northernhearthstones,theywil lmove, and a change wil l comeoverthe spiritoftheir dr eams . Evennow,the native pr eacher s, who h av e

beenso hostileto our work, a r e comingtothese, our pastor s, and a skingfor lightonthe Bible . Furthermor e, our pupils a r e goingoutandorganizingcounty institutes, andthe work is goingonever ywher e .

Ther e is a da rk sideto it, butI pr aise G odther e is a brightside . Itislike a dam. Whenthe dambeginsto go, itwil l go allatonce. Y outh isonour side . Inthirty yea r s we sha l l nothavethe same problemwe h avenow—no, notintwenty yea r s . Wea lth is coming in. A largetr a ctofeleventhousand acr es, containing some ofthe finestcoa lthatth e wor ldknows, is being developed. This means a gr eatinflux of population,

andthis wealth isto be developed, and newmateria l power is coming a s an

auxiliaryto our spiritual power . This wea lth is being converted. A manwho fiv e yea r s ago was a godlessman, andwho ownsto- day one - sev enth ofthese eleventhousand acr es of coa l lands, was converted. He was made a

Sunday - school Superintendent, buthe couldnotsaythe Lord’

s P r ay e r ; yethe was determinedthatthe Lord’

s Pr ayer shouldbe r epeated inth atsch ool.and he hir ed a large number of sma l l boys andgavethema dime apiec e andtoldthemto learnthe Lord’

s Pr aye rthatweek. They,

did so; and when

Sunday came, with a chor usto back him, he came onas a solo pe r fo rmer .

A dear gir l of my ownacquaintance dr essed, inonemorning, fifteenorsixteenwomenand childr en. They came around her and felthe r a ll ov er .

andwonder ed atthe complexity of her garments. I Speak ofthisth ingbecause itindicatesthatthatold apathy is br eakingup, andthey a r e com.

ingto look atnewthings and feel a new inter estinthe life outside o fth emselves . Andasthis samedea r gir ltaughtfromthirtyto fifty ofthe se women,they listened eager ly , andthetea r s rolleddowntheir cheeks, andth e y saidto her , “

Oh ,come andtel l usmor e aboutJesus, for wewantto be difi e r em

kind of women, differ entkind ofmother s .

Ther e was one gir l, coar se enough infiber , heavy enough inbuild, gr os s

enough inappea r ance, who came outto one of our commencements,and

wentback withthe a r row inher hea rt, saying, I wouldgive allth e wor ldif I had it, if I couldwr ite a piece and gitupthar and r ead itliketh em.

She wenthome determined she would goto col lege . She was a la r ge girl.fifteenyea r s old, yetdidnotknow a single letter . She walked fi fty milesnea r ly, and came and saidtothe college pr esidentthatshe wantedto workfor her board, sothatshe could enterthe school . Whatcould sh e do ? He

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itto day. Ther e a r e other greatneeds aboutus, other r aces andothe r cla ssesand other conditions ; butthe r e isno other class appealing so intenselytothe sympathies of all our peopleto day, as isthe Indian. This is one

gr eatexplanationofthe r emar kable inc r ease ofthe work ofthis Associationamongthe Indians . How did iteve r spr ingfroman expenditu r e of

$1 1 ,ooo annua l lyto as itisto- day Pa rtly becausethe Gove rnmenthas beenwillingto aid, butstil lmor e because our peopleth roughoutthe land have beenintensely inte rested inthe Indianand have beengladtohelphim. They have saidbytheir giftsthatnow isthetime, and wemustleapto improvethis Opportunity or e lse itwil l slipaway fromus for eve r .

Itisthe conviction of your committee —and I canvoice itmostpe rfectly—thatwemustimprovethis opportunity befor e itis gone, andthatthis people who have long suffer ed atthe hands oftheir white br eth r enhave a claimto our ea rnestCh ristiansympathy andtoour heartiestefiorttoputthemupoutheir feet. They a r emor ethanr eady,they ar e anxious for

our aid,they a r e cr yingto us for help.

Now,

’

letme saythatthe AmericanMissionary Associationhas alwaysfe ltthe importance of workingin evange listic lines . Itwould be nothingif ithad notthe chur ch befor e itas an incentive. Itworks primarilyth roughthe school ; buta lways withthethoughtthatthe school is secon

dary, andthatthe chur ch isthe one gr eataimbefor e it. And unlessthisincentive wer e befor e it, unless itr ecognizedthatits wor k wasto bringmento Ch rist, andto bindthemtogethe r inCh ristian chur ches,ther ewouldbe butlittleto ca l l forthe gr eatse lf- denia ls of Ch r istianwor ker s inthe field and many Ch r istiangiver s inthe countr y atla rge . Itisthisthoughtthathas ever beenheld upbefor e it—thethoughtthatthe chur ch

andthe school gotogether , andthatthe school is simplythe handmaid ofthe chur ch . We r ecognizethe factthatinCongr egationa lismespecially,outof allforms of r eligious be lief, we cannothopeto make men ea rnest,efiective Christians, ca ringforthemselves,managingtheir ownafi air s inde

pendently, and havinginthemthe heartto go outandwork, unless wecultivatetheir minds as wel l . And sothis Association has sought, andthis body of Ch r istiansthatr epr esentthe Association has sought, bygifts andbyteaching,to developthethoughtthatthe r e a lways shouldbe aneducationa l wor k goingforwardthatthe r emaybe somethingtobuildupon. Ch r istianity needs educationinorde rto give itits la rgestpower .

ADDR E S S OP R EV . THOMAS L . R I G G S .

Itwas said of D r . Wil liamsonby anold Indianthathe had an Indian

heart. I,too, have an Indianhea rt

,and I canlay claimtothatpos

session as butfew can. Itwouldtake buta ver y little whileto gofromher e intothe very midstof our pr esentIndianfield. Ittookmyfather and D r . Wil liamson, whenthey fi r stenter edthe fie ld

,some six

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monthsto r each it. I could startto-mor rowmorning, andtakingthe car s

inthis city, and r eachingPier r e bythe fol lowingnight, couldbe fa rther 03by Saturday, fa rther fromthe border ofthemission field,thanmy fatherandDr . Wil liamsoncould afte rthey hadtr avelled sixmonths .

I would liketo invite youto go withme onatour of inspectionofthemissionfield itself. I wouldtake mytwo ponies and drive outtotheCheyenne R iver , andtake youto one of our out- stations, and show you

somethingofthe influences atwork inthe fieldto- day. As we wentupthe va lley, we would seethe Indianvillage locatedthe r e, and inthe midst,ona risingpiece of ground,themissionstation. Over some ofthe houseswe would see a r ed flagflying. Thatis a pr ayer , a votiv e ofiering;ther eare sick inthathouse, andthatis a pr ayertothe godsthathealingmaycome

,andthatdeath may be keptfromthem. Ove r onthe rightwe

would seethe dance - house—a gr eatoctagona l house with an open roof,

inwhichthe Indians gather nightafter nightto dancetothemonotonousbeatingofthe drum. Thatis a ver y commonsound outinthe Indianvillages, bringingto us a lwaysthatthoughtof slaveryto evil . As we go uptothe station itself, we would see somethingmor e ofthe workthanyouhave as yetbeenableto see. If itbe onthe Sabbath

,as we go inwe

would see a youngmanther e, with his audience befor e him,nota very

large audience—oldmen, old women, boys and gir ls—gather ed ontherough benches, and ver ymuch asthey ar e intheir ownhomes. Some ofthe old womenhavetheir hair down ove rtheir faces

,the boys with dirty

hands, oldmenwiththeir dirty blankets, and yetthey a r e gather ed a roundther eto hea rthe word of life . The pr eache r , as he stands befor ethem,tellsthemof God’

s wonder ful love, andtakes as histextthatmostwonder ful ver se inthe Bible, G od so lovedthe wor ldthathe gave his onlybegottenSon.

Th en,as you look atthemanwho is pr eachingther e, you would ha rd

ly r ecognize inhimone whothirteenyear s ago was a savage, a painted Indian. As I look athimitseems amostwonder fulthingthatsuch a change

hastakenplace . I knew himas a savage ; a splendid fellow he was, andhe is now amor e splendidmanthanever hewas a savage ; andhe isteachingthe gospel of Ch ristto his ownpeople. I have beenoutther e seventeenyea r s , and ifther e wer e notanother r esultto show forthose seventeenyea r s of workthanthe liftingup ofthis Cla r ence Wa rd

,and making of

hima maninCh ristJesus, I shouldbe abundantly satisfied.

T her e is another influence of which I would speak,the influence ofthehome . Her e inour happy homes we know butver y little of whatthatmeanstothe Indian. AnIndianhas no home

,inour sense ofthe word

Some year s ago I wentwith a pa rty of Indians 1 75miles westoftheMissou r iR iver inthemiddle of winter . We climbed a mountainand lookedawaytothe east. We could see, I shouldthink, 1 50miles, andthe Indianas h e satther e onthe edge of a r ock, cover ed his head up ina blanket

386 Addr ess of R ev. D r . Stimson.

and c ried. Said he This is my country, andwe have hadto leave it.Thatwas his idea of home —such a bar r enstr etch asthat

,the snow glistening in'the sunlight. The D akota Indianlives in a r egion, notin a

place . The Ch ristianhome comingintothemidstof a village car riesther eanidea l of whichthe Indianknows nothing, andhe istaughtbythe powerof example day after day . The Ch ristianwomaninthathome keeps herhouse clean, keeps her childr en clean

,and standsther e as a per sistentex

ample ofthe power ofthe gospel of soap, justasthemanhimselfthe r e whohas become a Ch r istianno longer stea ls hor ses. A party going outintoanenemy’

s country would go as oftenforthe sake of bringingback stolenhor ses, asthey would for sca lps. Themanwho has become a Ch r istianisr ecognized atonce as shutoutfromthatprivilege.

R efer ence has beenmadetothe opening up ofthe r ese r vation, andthe c risis is now uponus inconnectionwith our Indianwork. We h ave

elevenmillionacr es of landther e justwestoftheMissouri R ive rto beth rownopenfor settlement. Do you knowwhatthatmeans ? We r e anyof you downatOklahomathis lastseason? Itmeansthe rush of a swarmof people, good, bad and indiffer ent—chiefly bad and indifi

'

er ent— andthese settler s wil l crowdthemselves in as a wedge betweenthetwo divi

sions ofthe Indianr eser vation,andwe shal l have Indians bothtothe north

andtothe south . They wil l be exposedto influences fromwhichtheyhave beenkeptas yetinfluences which wil ltendto upliftinthe outcome,as wel l asto degr ade. Ithank G od for it. Ithank G odthathe is br ingingthe whitemanintothemidstofthe Indiancountr y. Itmay seemthatthis is a he roic r emedy. So itis

,butitistime for her oic r emedies . We

needto meetthe questionas itcomesto usto- day . Ther e is a r anc hmanoutonBad R iver , whotellsmethatther e is no suchthingas an Indian

question. Why,”said I

,

“whata r e youta lking aboutTh e r e is no

suchthing, said he . I asked himhow h e explained it. “The simplethingto do is justto'tr eatthemasmen

,andthatwill be allthe r e isto it

Thatwill settle it, andther e wil l be no suchthingas an Indian question. T r eatthemasmenandmake Ch r istians ofthem,andwe wil l settlethe wholething.

AD DR E S S OF R EV . HENR Y A . STIMSON , D .D .

R efe r r ingto D r . Goodwin’

s power ful addr ess, I findmyselftr anspo rtedagainto China ; butthe factr ecu r sto mymindthatthis is nota for eign

missiona ry society, buta home missionar y one, andwhatwe hav eto do isto openour mindstothe convictionthatitis possibletodo athome plentyof work forthe Chinaman. I amgladto give a little per sona ltestimonybecause whatwe needmostof all isto be convinced ofthe neces sitytogivetime and str ength and laborto winthe individua l Chinamanto Ch r ist.Notve ry longagother e cameto my knowledge in St. Louis an o r dinaryChinaman, compa r atively a youngman. He joined our chur ch and I knew

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hour s he slept, and he said,

Two orth r ee . Ar e you evertroubled byhoodlums ? Y es

,every day. They br eakthe windows. Lastweekthey broke intomy laundr y and stole five bundles of clothes

,for which I

hadto pay customer s $20. Do you getno protectionfromthe policeI asked him. He shook his head—yes, sometimes, butthey wer e no good.

The Chinese havethe same rightto life and libe rtythatwe have, and if wegetthemthat,they'l l getthemoney fastenoughthemselves. We owe ittothe Chinesethatthey getprotection.

ADDR E S S OF R EV . E . P . G OODW IN’

, D .D .

I r ejoicethatI canliftmy voice atleastin a word of commendation,if such a word seeminany senseto be needed, inthe further ance ofth isparticular kind of work . I r emindmyself sometimesthatthis ver ytone of

apology is atonethatoughtto setsome of us, asminister s and as br eth r en,to r econsider ingour conceptionofthe gospel . Why, beloved, suppose itwer e anadmitted factthatforthe nexthundr ed yea r s nota solita r y Chinamanwouldbe conve rted. Whatthen Do you imaginethatthatfactwould absolve us fr oma l legiancetothe commands ofthe Lord JesusCh r ist? Y ou will r emind your se lves—I amsur e I r emindmyself oftenthatinr espectto our Ch ristianwork,the br eadth of itandthe particu lardepa rtments of it, we have absolutely no optionwhatsoever thatwhenourMaste r saidto his disciples, G o ye into allthe wor ld andpr eachthe gospelto eve r y cr eatur e, he made no exception ofthosethatmighthavea lmond eyes and yel low faces

,nor

'

ofthosethatmighthave black skins

and wool ly hair ;thathetook in, inthatwide sweepof his omniscientvision,ever y nationand kindr ed underthe whole sky, andthatshould existuntilthe kingdomitself should come.

I f itcouldbe demonstr atedthatitr equir edtentimes asmuch wor k andtentimes asmuchmoneyto conve rtthe Chinamanas anybody else,thenallthemor e because of degr adationand snper stitionand idolatr y andha rdnessof heart—allthemor emust

.

I stormthe Gibr a lta r ofthatpaganism. TheMaster ’s pr inciple seemedto '

be,

“Give yethemto eat. The factofhunge r is whatlaysthe law uponthe hea rts ofthe disciples ; and by so

much asmenar emor e hunger ed—ifther e be one nationmor e sothanan

other—by somuch asthey a r e nea r erto star vingforthe br ead of life, bysomuchthe mor e a r e your hea rtandmy hea rtca lled uponinthe nameand inthe sympathy of Jesus Ch r ist

,to r espondtothatcause . Those

disciples ofthatea r ly daymightjustas wel l have said,“Master

,we cannot

feed allthesetenthousand. We wil l pick outthose around us,the near est

athand. We won’ttouchthatsetof leper s justove rther e fromCaper

naum; we won’thave anythingto do withthatother setof outcasts and

vagabonds drifted inher e, some ofthemfromSama ria ; we wil l have noth.

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ing whateverto do withthese wr etches fr omChor azin—gambler s and

abandoned people of every sort.Whatdo youthink would have beenhis r esponsetothatsortof a rgu

ment? Ithink if Peter had givenhimany such plea asthatitwould havecuthimofi hope lessly fromany apostleship. Ther e would have beena

newband of apostlesthatwould have been institutedthenandther ethatwer e wil lingtotaketheMaster ’s command,take Himas r esponsible fortheauthority and forthe r esult. They knew better ;they knew Himbetter ;andthoughthey hadtheir little scantloavesthatwouldnotgive a qua rte rof a crumbapiecetothe gr eatmultitude,they said: Thatis notour r esponsibility ; our s isto obey. Itis Histo furnish whenthe r esour ces fail . "Br eth r en,thatismytheory ofmissions.

D o you r ememberthe little anecdote aboutF r ancis !avier,thatbefor e

he wentabroad as a missiona r yto China, while he was sleepingwith hisroom-mate one night, he sta rtled himby r ising in his sleepandth rowingouthis arms with gr eaturgency, as he said

,Y etmor e

,oh

,my G od, yet

mor e! His comr ade wakened himand asked himwhathemeant. “Why,”

said he, I was havinga visionofthings inthe East. I was seeingmissiona riestortur ed ; some ofthemwer e being burned, some ofthemwer ehavingtheir fleshtorn fromtheir bodies, and inmany waysthey seemedto be sufleringintheirtestimony for Ch rist’s sake. And as I looked,thetear s cametomy eyes, and a voice saidto me

,Thatis whatitwil l cost

you if you go onthismissiona r ytour . Ar e you willingtotakethe cost? ’And I said,

‘

Oh Lord Jesus ; yetmor e, yetmor e, if I may winthese pe rishingsouls.

Br eth r en, itisthe ca l l ofthe hour . These people may become, inmyjudgment, pr e - eminentlythe missionary people. They have been ca l ledthe Y ankees ofthe O r ient. They a r e scatter ed eve r y whither , inever y

qua rter ofthe wor ld. Ithink itoughtto shame usto have less enthusiasmforthese for whomCh r istdiedthanthey ofthe R omish chur ch

inthe pa lmiestdays of its missiona ry zea l . G od help usthatwe maystandtrue uponthe Pacific coastand allth rough our land

,andthatfor

everymissiona ry chur ch abroadther emay be a scor e and a hundr ed. D r .

Wil liams said, afterthirty yea r s’ knowledge ofthe Chinese,thatwemightev angelize China fromone end ofthe empir etothe other inha lf a centuryif we wer e in ea rnest. G od help usthatwe may labor andpr ay forthecomingof such a day .

Now I believethis: That, so far asthe facts go,ther e is justas large a

pe rcentage of r esultstobe shownfor work amongthe Chinese as for work

anywher e. Take itinour city, among some ofthe Chinese schools ;takeitinSanF r ancisco,take itinChina itself . I r eceived on Saturday lastaletter fromMr . Gr ay, of Hong- Kong, speakingof a youngmanwho hadgone outfromour chur ch as his assistantinthe workther e. Said hetome: He is one ofthemostva luable helper s I could have . He notonly

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stands fastby his work, buthe a lso seemsto have spiritual discernmenttomeetthe peculiar difficulties we haveto encounter , andther e ar e plenty ofthem. Her e is a man

,for instance, who says he wouldwhip his wifeto

death if he should hear of her accepting Ch rist. Ther e is another , a

mother,who would lether child star ve if shethoughtitwas beingtaughtthe gospel of Jesus Ch r ist. Butamongthis peoplether e is no more suc

cessful labor erthatI know ofthan Sui Chung. I knew himwell. H e

came into our Chinese Sunday- school,which is held every Sunday afternoon.

I r emember himdistinctly, as giving, so far as I could see, clear evidence

of beingbornofthe Spirit. And I bea rtestimonytothese youngmennow inmy chur ch—ther e ar etenor a dozen ofthem—that, so far as I

knowthemand so fa r as I have been abletota lk withthemin imper fectEnglish orth rough Chinese interpr eter s,their Ch r istian experience is as

satisfactory asthatof any other s. Nay, I will saymorethanthat. I will

ventur eto saythatthe Chinese br eth r en inmy chur ch ar e mor e earnest.They sustaina Chinese pr aye r -meetingr egular ly every Sunday oftheir ownaccord intheir ownlanguage, and have keptitup eve r sincether e wer eenough ofthemto be unitedtogether . I fr equently look inandta lk withthem; andther e is onethingaboutthese ChinesethatI gr eatly r espectI never sawthempul l outtheir watches while I was speakingtothem. I

neve r saw any ofthemgoingto sleep; I never saw a look inthe face of

one ofthemwhich indicatedthathe was notprofoundly inter ested. I was

intheir meetinglastSunday, and ItoldthemaboutSui Chung. Mostofthese Chinese canr ead. Some ofthema r e very fluenttalker s, and somea r e ver y intel ligent. I suppose we have athousand or fifteen hundr ed inthis city, and a ver y large proportionofthem,theytell me, can r eadtheChinese Bible .

Now,I have gr eatr espectforthis people, if for nothingmor ethanfortheir histor y . We have a petty hundr ed yea rs of histor y. How many

hundr ed havethey ? Anynationthatcanholditselftogether for year s

—or sha l l I say for mor e —andthatto- day constitutes nea r ly one- quarterofthe populationofthe ea rth

,certainly deser ves our r espect. Any peoplethatcantake our ownhandicr afts andbeatus atthem—andthey wil l do it

ina goodmany dir ections, andmakemoney, eventhough you may disapprove oitheir way of living—deser ve our r espect. Any peoplethatcanfurnish diplomates fittedto standside by sidewith Bisma rck and Gladstone,and our ownembassador s saythatthey can

,certainly deser ve our r espect.

Onethingmorethey desir e ofthe Ch ristian church , if itwer e only a

debtto be paid. I insistuponit, br eth r en,thatatleastCh ristianEnglandand Ch r istianAmerica oughtto pay backtotheminmissionar ymoneys atleastanamountequaltothatof which we have robbedthembythe iafamous opiumtr affic, andto- day itis people fromChristian lands,morethananything else, who a r e furnishingthe difficulties inthe way oftheintroductionofthe gospe l abroad.

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$5oo,ooo instead of be r aised forthe coming year ,they do notatall r eachthemeasur e ofthe need.

Ther e is only onethingnecessa ryto getthismoney andmor e. Itis apr etty compr ehensivething. If uponthemember s of our chur ches inthisland as clear a sense ofthe need of whatoughtto be done and canbedone could be br oughtas comestothose incontactwiththe work,themoney wouldbe forthcoming. Howtomake our people r ea lizethe facts inthismatter isthe problem. Money wil l come whenour people know how

much itis needed, how profitably itis spent, and how gr andly itpaysdividends.

ADDR ESS OP R EV . WM.M. TAY LOR , D .D .

LastWednesday eveningatthe Pr ayer and Confer enceMeeting oftheBroadway Tabernacle, one ofthe oflice- bear e r s ofthe chur ch putthisquestionto me “

Canwe hopeto be instrumenta l inthe conver sionofthe Jews, so long asthe pr esentpr ejudice againstGod’

s ancientpeopleexists amongus ? Andthatinquiry,taken in connectionwithth e factthatthe Annua lMeeting ofthe Ame ricanMissiona ry Associationwastobe held her ethis week, ledmeto examinethe Word of G od,thatI mightdiscover whatincidenta l lightisth rownonthe subjectof pride of r ac e byits histor ies and other contents, and I meanto-nightto putthe r esultofmy examinationbefor e you.

The fir standmoststr ikinginstance of itsmanifestationwhich we comeuponinScr iptur e isthetr eatmentgivenbythe Egyptianstothe I sr aelites.

E very shepherd was anabominationtothe Egyptians," sothey countedthemselves superiortothe Hebr ews,and subjectedthemtothe gr eatest

indignities, gr indingthemunderthe har shestoppr ession, and exactingfr omthem

, bythe lash ofthetask -master ,the mosta rduous labor . Butmar k howtheir pride was r ebuked andtheir cruelty punished, underthemor a l and r etr ibutive governmentof G od. Their landwas desolated bya ser ies of plagues culminatinginthe death ofthe fi r st-born

,andthe peo

ple whomthey had oppr essed madetheir escape fr omthemostpower fulempir ethenexistinginthewor ld, withoutthemselves strikinga single blow.

The Lord foughtforthem. Each ofthesetenplagues was a Divine protestagainstthatnationa l pride which ar r ogatedto itselfthe exclusive rightto power , pr ivilege, immunity and possession, andwhich metits me r itedpunishmentthatday, when“the Lord saved Isr ael outofthe hand oftheEgyptians, and Isr ael sawthe Egyptians dead uponthe seashor e .

”

Butthementionofthe Hebr ews inthis connectionmay seemto someto be mostinappropr iate . We r e notthey, itmay be asked, virtuallyc r eated into a sepa r ate and exclusive nation

,andtaughtto look uponthemselves as God'

s peculia r people ? Did notthey become proverbial fortheir pride of r ace, and for sayingon ev er y occasion, We have Abrahamto our fathe r , and we r ethey notespecia l lythe Phar isees amongthe na

Addr ess of R ev. Wm.MTaylor , D .D . 393

tions ? Now itmustbe confessedthatallthese questionsmustbe answer edinthe affi rmative, butwhenwe widenour view andtake into consider ationthe greatpurpose of G od inthe formationand conser vationofthe Hebr ew

commonwea lth, wemay see r easonsomewhattomodify our opinion. Forthe settlementofthe Jews inCanaanandtheir r estr ictionwithinits limitswere notends inthemselves , butonlymeans forthe attainmentof higherends which wer eto affectthemor al and spiritualconditionof allpeoplethatonearth do dwell. ” The promisemadeto Abr ahamwas inthis wise:“Inthee and inthy seed sha ll allnations ofthe earth be blessed and itwas forthe purpose of secur ingthe fulfilmentofthe latter pa rtofthatpromisethata specia l and peculiar hedge was planted a roundthe vinewhich G od hadbroughtoutof Egypt. Itwas notmeantto be a permanentar r angement, butwas designedme r ely for atempor a ry emergency,until

,as Paul has said,

“the Seed should come to blessthe wor ldwithhis gr eatsa lvation. Itcannot

,the r efor e, be quoted as furnishinga univer

sal example, or as giving any divine approva ltothatpride of r ace of

which we have been speaking. Mor eover , evenwhenthe Hebr ews wer e

selectedby G od forthis purpose,they wer etold over and over againthattheywer e notchosenfor anythinginthemselves, andthatthey hadno r ea

sonto plumethemselves onthe factthatthey wer e chosen. Andwhenthey degener ated into self- conceitonthe ground oftheir havingbeen so

high ly privileged,they wer e fina lly castoutofthe land of promise. Nor

isthis all. Inthe systemunder whichthey wer e placed byMoses,theywer etaughtto look with kindliness onthose who cameto sojourn amongthem

,of whatever r acetheymightbe . They we r e not, indeed,

to be a

missiona r y people, orto seekto induce other sto settle amongthem, butifother s cameto dwell besidethem, hea r howthey wer etotr eatthemThou shaltneither vex a str ange r nor oppr ess him,

for ye wer e str anger sinthe land of Egypt. ” “

And if a str anger sojournwiththee inthe land,ye sh all notvex him. Butthe str angerthatdwel leth with you sha l l beunto you as one bornamongyou,

andthou shaltlove himasthyself for

ye wer e stranger s inthe land of Egypt. I amthe Lord your G od. Love

yether efor ethe str ange r , for ye wer e str anger s inthe land of Egypt. ”(E xodus xxii. 2 1 Levit. xix. 33 xxv . 35 D eut. x. Laythesecommands alongside of r ecentlegislation among ourselves with r efer encetothe Chinese

,andthen see whatG odmustthink ofthatblotuponour

statute book inthis age of our boasted enlightenment.Take

,again,the accountofthe singular r etr ibutionthatcame uponthe

people inthe days of D avidbecause of Saul ’str eatmentofthe Gibeonites .

Th ese aborigines belongedtothe ancientCanaanitishtribes, andwer e so

astute asto impose evenuponJoshua , andto obtainfromhimatr eaty onfalse pr etenses . Stil l anagr eementwasmade withthemonthetermsthatth ey shouldbe permittedto live inthe land, butthatthey shouldbe “

hewer s

of wood and dr awer s of water forthe house ofthe Lord. This contr act

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was faithful ly obser ved onboth sides untilthe days of San] , who soughttoslaythem inhis zea ltothe childr enof Isr ael and Judah .

”

Andwhatwasthe r esultA famine lastingforth r ee yea r s, which was only r emovedatlastbythe givingup, accordingtothe ancientpr actices ofth e Cibecueites

,of sevenof Saul ’s sons for execution. Nowther e ismuch inthatold

histor ythatis diflicultfor us atthis distance oftime,and ignor antaswe

a r e ofthe customsthatpr evailed amongthesetr ibes,to unde r stand. Butno one of us can r ead itwithoutbeing r eminded of ourtr eatmentoftheIndiantribesthatlinger among us still . Have We notbrokenalmosteverytr eatythatwe ever made withthem Have we notsaid, unpityinglyr ega rdingthem,

thattheir destructionbefor ethe advance of civilizationisinevitable ? And have we notforgottenthatthe G od ofthe Gibeonitelivesto bethe avenger ofthe Indians ? I fthe hewer s of wood anddraw

er s of water wer e notbeneath his notice long ago,think you h e doesnotsee and ch roniclethe wrongs ofthe Indiansto- day, and sha l l nothe renderto ever ymanaccordingto his wor ks

Befor e passingfromthe Old Testamenttothe New,I me r e lymentionthe factthatamongthe ancestor s ofthe Lord Jesus Ch ristwe findtwo

belongingto a lienr aces, namely, R ahab of Jericho,and R uththeMoshtess

,whose very pr esence inthatnoble line is a prophecy ofthe glorie struththatthe Sonof D avidwasto be a lsothe Sonof man,the Saviour of

sinne r s of every name andnation,the kinsmanof all races,the brother of

humanity, andthatas he r epr esentsthemall inhis priestly intercessionyonder , so in each ofthemwemay see a r epr esentative of himher e and

now uponthe ea rth .

Butnowwhatmaywe lea rnfromCh r isthimself inthe New T estamentItistruethathis per sona lministr y inthe wor ld wa s a lmostentir ely confinedtothe Jews . Ithadto be so limited atfir st

,if his gospel was \0

gather for ce for itstr iumphantma r ch overthewor ldata late r day butevendur inghis life inthe wor ld he came r epeatedly incontactwith menantwomenof r aces otherthanthatofthe Jews, and a lways insuch a wayasto show his sympathy withthemand lovetowardthem. I r emind youD

i

his longand ea rnestconver sationwiththe womanof Sama r ia, atthe wellof Sycha r , and ofthe factthatshe was a descendantofth atmixed nationality which spr ungfromthe ama lgamofthose heathencoloniststhatwet!sentbythe King of Assyr iatotakethe places leftvacantbythe lettribes whomhe had ca r r ied away captive . I r eca llto your recollectioatoo

,his eulogy onthe R omancentur ion

,and his constantexposu r e ofth:

contemptuousness ofthe Pha r isees intheir attitude notonlytoward rt:publicans and sinne r s oftheir own nation, buta lsotoward G entiles cfevery descr iption. Think of his dea lingwiththe SyrophmnicianwomanShe was a Canaanite ofthe old r ace

,and,though atfi r sthe seemedtotar?

her away, yetultimately he gave he r all she asked and more : and 675

his appa r ently abrupttr eatmentof he r inthe beginning, if I r eadthf

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exe rcisingthe r ights of citizens ofthis fr ee R epublic, andmenlookonanddonothing. ButG odmay say somethingby andby, andwhenhe speaksmen’sear s sha l ltingle! We have another illustr ationof God’

streatmentof a color edmaninthe case ofthe Ethiopiantr easur er . He was r eturningfromJer usalem

,wher e he hadbeenatone ofthe gr eatannua l Jewish feasts, and

as he was r idinginhis cha riothe was r eadingaloudto himselfthe bookofthe prophetIsaiah, whenthe evange listPhilip, specia lly sentthither forthepurpose by God’

s Spir it, addr essed him,and onbeingaskedto comeintothe ca r r iage with himexpoundedto himthemeaningofthe passage which

he was r eading, andpr eachedthe gospel fromitunto himwith such good

effectthathe was forthwithbaptizedonthe confessionof his faith , andafterwa rdwentonhis way r ejoicingto foundthatEthiopianchur ch which claimstothis dayto be one ofthemostancientCh r istianchur ches inthe world.He was aman

,for he wasmovedbythetr uth as you and I have been, andhe

became a Ch ristian the higheststyle ofman—to show usthat,as Peter

said,Ineve ry nationtheythatfea r G od andwor k r ighteousness ar e ac

cepted of him. Thatwhich is highestinanymanis his appr eciationandacceptance ofthe gospel of Ch r ist, andwher eve r we seethatappr eciationwehave notonly a fel lowmanbuta brother Ch ristian,to betr eated by us asPaul r equestedPhilemontotr eatOnesimus—as a brother beloved. Nor

letany one supposethatther e is a single r ace uponthe ea rththatcannotbe sotr ansformed and gladdened asthis Ethiopianwas . E venCharles

D a rwindecla r edthatafterthe Patagonians itcould notbe saidthatanyr ace istoo degr aded forthe gospelto elevate

,and so he gave newemphasis

unwittingly, per haps, but, if so, allthemor e strongly,tothe words addressedto Peter onthe housetop: “WhatG od hath cleansedthatca l l notthancommon;” orthose of Paul in one of his epistles: Forther e is neitherJew nor G r eek,ther e is neither bond nor fr ee,ther e is neither malenorfema le

,for ye a r e allone inCh r istJesus .

"

Thistopic is atpr esentgr eatly occupyingthe attentionofthe Ch ristianchur ches inour land. Itwas befor ethe Gener a l Assembly ofthe PresbyterianChur ch inMay last, and has beenagaindiscussed atthemeetingofthe Council of Congr egationa l chur ches inWor cesterth r ee weeks ago, and

inthe T riennia l Conventionofthe ProtestantEpiscopa l Church,which hasjustclosed its sessions inNew Y ork. I wil l notseekto c riticise ortocharacte rizethe decisions atwhichthese bodies have a r r ived

,saveto saythat

inmy judgmentthe Pr esbyte rian Assembly facedthe difficu lty morethoroughly, and disposedof itmor e cour ageously,thaneither ofth e others.ButI will saythatther e is only one solutionof a questionofthis sortE ver y Ch r istian, whenhe comestothink onitser iously,mustfee lthattobethe case . No compromise will satisfy either pa rtyto itor will pleaG od

,and any settlementto be pe rmanentmustbe in harmony withthe inspir ed statementthatG od hath made of one blood allth e nationsthatdwell uponthe face ofthe ea rth .

”Butsuch a r esultcannotit

Addr ess of R ev . Wm.MTaylor , D .D . 397

broughtabouteither inthe state or inthe chur ches mer ely by legislation.

Y ou cannotcompel either by physica l ormor a l constr aintthe differ entr acestomeetonterms of social equa lity. No doubtyou can, and you oughttoseeto it,thatmenof all r aces stand pr ecisely onthe same platformbefor ethe law and havethe same pr otectionfromthe law. Butto getrid of a

pr ejudice youmusttake a difier entmethod. Y ou cannotuprootthatallatonce . The r emova l ofthatmustbethe r esultof educationand of spir

itualgr owth . ButwhenI speak of educationI mustaddthatitis notthecolor ed people a lonethatneedto be educated her e . The white people ofall ou r cities

,whether North or South , r equir e education as wel l . They

needto betaughtthatthe Negro is aman, for atbottomthatis notmor ethanh a lf believedbymultitudes . They needto betaughtthatthe Negr omay become a Ch ristian, andthatther e ar e possibilities of Ch r istianmissiona r y enterprise inhis r acethata r e absolutely inca lculable . They needto betaughtto look uponthe difier entr aces of Indians, Chinese andAfri

cans among us as dignified and ennobledby Chr ist’s incarnation, and as

pu r ch ased by his sacr ificia l blood equa l ly withthemselves. They needtolook uponthe Ch ristianized amongthemas br eth r eninChrist, andthenth e r estwil l come of itself.

T her e has beengr eatprogr ess inthese r ecentyea r stowardthe r esultof which I speak. The pr esentagitationconcerningthe color - line, as itisca l led,

is itself anindicationof progr ess, andthe day assur edly will dawnwhenmenof allnationa lities andnames sha l l come fromthe E astand fromthe West, fromthe North and fromthe South

,and sitdownwith Abr aham,

with I saac, andwith Jacobinthe kingdomof our Father . Butif we as a

Nationcultivatethe Spir itofthe Pha r isees, and continueto despisethosewho a r e guilty of a skinnotcolor ed like our own

,

”wemay be sur ethat

he who visitedthe Hebr ewnation fortheirtr eatmentofthe Gibeoniteswil l send a lso some nemesis onus.

I cannotbutfeel, beloved br eth r en,thatinthese meetings whichtonightcometo a close

,somethinghas beendoneto helpforwardthatr esult

which undertheguidance ofthe Scriptur es we allbelievetobethe rightone.We have had a series of mostdelightful confer ences. Now letus go backto our homes determinedtotakethe semina ltr uths which have beenpr esentedto us her e

,and scatterthemwher ever we a r e ca l ledto labor . The

seedmay seemto be buta handful,andthe soil may seemunpromisingasthe r ockymountaintops—butbe sur ethe r esultwil l be a ha r vestthatwill

shake likethe cedar s of Lebanon. Andthough itmay seema little incongruousto quote fromthe Scottish poet—wouldthateverything he wrotewer e of as pur e and lofty aninspir ation—I wil l ventur eto concludewithhis well - knownlines:

Thenletus praythatcome itmay ,As come itwillfor a'that,

Thatmantomanthe wor ldoverShallbrlther s be for a’that. ”

398 B ur eau of Woman’s Wor k.

B U R EAU O F WOMAN ’

S WO R Km D. I . W K,MAR Y .

The Annua lMeetingofthe Bur eau of Woman'

s Work ofthe AmericanMissionar y Association, held onThur sday afternooninthe church duringthe session ofthe business meetinginthe chapel, was one of unusualinter est. Followingthe R eportofthe Sec r eta r y,ther e wer e inter estingaodr esses bymissiona r ies, and a ve ry effective addr ess byMr s . G eo.M. Lane.of Detroit,Michigan. who pr esided.

The R eportand some ofthe addr esses wil l be published in separatcleaflets, and may be had by applicationtoMiss Emer sonat56 R eadeSt

R EPOR T OF SECR ETAR Y .

A look backwa rd overthetwe lvemonths since our lastannual gather.ing r evea lsmuch of inter estand encour agement,thatshould fillour heart!with gr atitudethatour woman’

s work has had such aninfluence inbringinglightandgladnesstothousands of womenand childr en

,whose liveshart

beencastinthe da rk portions of our Ch r istianland. So large anelemeof Woman’s Work enter s intothe planuponwhichthe field ofthe AmericanMissionary Associationis oper ated, and itis so interwovenwiththeentir e structur e of itsmissions,thatany r eportof itas sepa r ate anddistinctcanbe only pa rtia l . And yetwiththe mor e systematic organizationOiwoman’

s wor k 1nthe r aisingof funds, we have beenableto assignspemiwoman’

5 work onmissionground, with mostsatisfactory r esults, fortohave a pa rticular school or missiona r y has stimulatedthe giver s, andhasbroughtcour age and comforttothe missionaries who have beenthus an?tained.

Our Woman'

s Wor k. Whatis it? Whomis itfor ? Who shoulddo

Whatis it? Itistotaketo heathenmother s and sister s her e inoutoncountr ythe glorious news of salvation for {Itemto bringthe lightandtruth ofthe Gospeltothose who a r e gr opinginthe fogof super stitionanda wr ongconceptionof Bibletr uth to plantthe Ch ristianschooltoestaltlishthe Ch r istianhome as anobjectlessonto showmother s howtotraintheir childr ento honor and obedience,tomingle withthe needy and helpless, and by sympathy andtactsecur e such changes inthe homes aswiiileadtotheir permanentimprovement; ina word

,to followthe examplt!Oi

our Lord Jesus, by living andteachingthe blessings of intelligence and

godliness amongthose inour home land for whose improvementandvffl'beingwe a r e peculiar ly r esponsible . The Amer icanMissionaryAssociatifmhas ninety- four schools

,and inmostofthesemor e womenthanmen1“

engaged. Itisthe duty ofthemissiona r yteacherto avail her self of ever!opportunity which her r elationwith her schola r s afiords, either indill0’

400 B u r eau of Woman’s Wor k.

eyes,told ofthe brightnessthis school had broughtinto her life ;thisCh ristian school, for her etoo, she had learnedthe way of eterna l lifeEventhe mother 's eyes spar kled like sta r s as she lookedwith admir ationuponher

“ learned daughter .

Butour door stands wide opena lsotowardsthe Indians and Chinese,and allthe argumentsthatappealto us so strongly forthe disenth r allmentof womeninheathen lands, appeal with equal

, yea gr eater force fortheheatheninour ownland, whomthe G ospel only canmake fr ee .

Such is our gr eatand urgentcal l for work for womaninthe fie ldoftheAmericanMissiona r y Association. Who should do it, and how Whobutthe Ch ristianwomen of our chur ches, either dir ectly or by substitutes ?Some cango, ofthose who have pr epa r edthemselves forthe highestandbestquality of Ch r istianse r vice. They should bethoroughlytr ained and

disciplinedteacher s, butnotthis alone . Everyteacher should be a ca refuland intelligentBible student, ableto instructfromthe word of G od, practical and ea rnest, selfsacr ificingand co- Oper ative, r eadyto do whatseemsmostnecessa ry, eventhough itshouldnotcallinto actionher finestmentalqua lities. Letthose who cannotgo, send a substitute, butletnone failtoseizethe opportunity for a partinthis blessedwork, forthe salvationoiour country, and its protectionas a Ch ristianland.

Ther e ar e nowtwenty - six State organizations for Woman’

s Wor k incur

owncountryth rough our Congr egationalChur ches, which co- oper ate inthework ofthe AmericanMissiona ry Association. Some have incr easedtheircontr ibutions dur ingthe pastyea r ; other s have notfa l len belowthestandardthey had fixed forthis field

,buthave notmade any annual

advance. With a very few,co- oper ation has notyetextended beyond a

study of our work. Buta study ofthe field is encour aging, for a knowledgcofthe needbrings r esponsibrlityto do allpossibletomeetit, and soonintrustthese also will be contributingUnions. To facilitatethe study of ourfield

,our month lymagazine has been sentfr eeto many ladies ’

societiesour liter atur e has beendistr ibuted, andmor ethansixteenthousand copies

ofmissionary letter s have beencir culated amongthe ladies. Wouldnotthevalue of organizationbe showninthe la rger flow of funds annually for awor k of such pr essing necessity asthis ? We r ejoicethatsome have

a l r eady demonstr atedthis va lue of united effort. Mor ethan one StateMissiona r y Union, r ecognizingthe importance ofthiswork and r emembeingthatindr awinguponthe benevolence of allthe Congr egationalLadies'Societies inthe State, itshouldnotdo a sma l lthing, has r aisedthe supportafour ormor emissiona ryteacher s for anentir e school . Andthe officer s oftiUnionhavetakenpainsto stir upthe pur e minds ofthe ladies in eat:auxiliary by way of r emembr ance ofthis particula r field.

Butther e ar ethose notinthe State organizations, whose helpwe r ecordas Sunday- schools and Ch r istianEndeavor Societies . Many such hmduringthe year asked for a specia l objectfortheir contributions. Whi:

B ur eau of Woman’s Wor k. 401

canthe Secr etary do ? The pa rticula rthingsthatcanbe accomplishedwithforty or fifty or seventy dol la r s ar e indeed few,

butthese sums combinedmay sustainamissionar y for a yea r . So each such contributionismade a

sha r e ofthe four hundr ed dolla r s necessary forthe purpose, and somethingdefinite is accomplished. Whatis itThis. A faithful Ch ristianwomanissenttothe field

,wher e, ina neatcottage, shemakes her home life anobject

lessontothe color ed people orthe mountainwhites orthe Indians for

manymiles a round. Their homesbeginto improve. Her day school, heldinthe little chur ch nea r by, attr acts notonly childr en

,butyoungmenand

women,andevenyoungma r r iedpeople . A Chr istianEndeavor Society is

formed. The Sunday- school and chur chtake a new startunder herteachings . Other Sunday- schools and Ch r istiansocieties a r emaintainedth roughher influence, and sothe small contributions accomplish a la rge wor k.

Private individuals a lso have aided us . Whata blessed privilegetobeable outof one'

s ownincometo putworthymissionaries into such a field.

Ther e has been anincr ease inaid r ender ed insewing, a formof helpthatis ver y va luable inkeeping our boarding schools andmissionhomesfurnished, our sewing schools provided with basted work, and clothingr eady for worthy butneedy students. As with money, so with sewing,we could use wisely verymuchmor ethanhas beenr eceived.

We acknowledge a lsothe kindness of ladies infurnishing books and

paper s adaptedtothe need. The young people, especially amongtheNegroes, a r e acquir ingataste for r eading, andwiththeir emotiona l andexcitable natur es,theytake r eadilyto sensational liter atur e, with itssta rtling il lustr ations . A neighbor hood or society col lectionof books andpaper s wil l usua lly containsome of such a stamp, and youmaybe sur etheywil l nota lways discriminate infavor ofthemostinstr uctive r eading. Ther e

for e selectforthemas you would for your ownsons and daughter s,whatisattr active and hea lthful, andwithhold allelse .

Andnowwe ar e juststa rting upon a new yea r . Four hundr ed and

seventy- six labor er s have been ca lled intothe missiona r y r anks oftheAmer icanMissionary Association. One hundr ed and ninetymissions a r e

inOper ation, withtheir wideninginfluence and ever growingneeds. Of our

one hundr ed and forty-two chur chesther e ar e fifty - sevenwhich have notatpr esentany Northe rnmissiona r y associatedwiththem. The differ ence

inthe developmentofthese chur ches, as contr astedwiththose which havethe influence and helpof Northernteacher s, is soma r ked, asto constituteamosturgentappeal for mor emissionar ies— faithful women—to gather inthe youngpeople, inter estand instructthem,

to live amongthem, anex

ample of economy andth riftinhousekeeping, of neighbor ly kindness, offaithfulness inchur ch obligations and of consistentCh r istian life. I do

nothesitateto aflirmthatinthe field ofthe AmericanMissionary Associationsuch provisionis nextinimportancetothe pr eachedword. Neithercantakethe place ofthe other . Either is ata disadvantage withoutthe

402 Woman'

s State Organizations .

othe r . And yetther e ar e fifty - sevenofthese mission stationsthis year ,now, withoutsuch beneficentwoman’

sministr y, waitingonly for additionalfunds,the newmoney necessa ryto provide r einfor cements .

I appealto you, Ch ristianwomen, inyour organized capacity as StateUnions ; and as individuals—stewa rdsto whomper chance our Lord has

entr usted a goodly inheritance—for helptothe AmericanMissionaryAssociationinthis a lmostoverwhelming r esponsibility . Send usthemissiona r ies fortheseneedy fields .

I appea lto you inbeha lf especially ofthe wronged and helples s womenand gir ls ofthesetenmillions of our own countrymen, Ame ricanborn,whose only hope is inthe sympathy andthe helpofthe Ch ristianpeople ofour ownland. We do notlive inthe day of sma l lthings , butof gr eatneedsand large opportunities. Sur ely now,

if ever , isthetimeto enla rgetheplace ofthytentand str etch forththe curtains ofthy habitation. Spare

not,lengthenthy cords and str engthenthy stakes

,thatthoumaye stspread

abroad onthe righthand and onthe left,and possessthe nations of out

landf’

W OMAN ‘S STATE OR G ANIZATIONS .

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Secr etar y—lir a. Wm. Spu rting, 6 SalmonBind .

Wom’s AmmA.M. A.

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Chairmanof Committee—Mr s. C. A. Woodbur y, Tr easur er-Mr s. L. H. Cobb, soBible Home. New

Woodfords.M0.

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peiier . Columbus.

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Pr esident—Mr s. Alice F r eeman Palmer , CamTreasur er MmC Evans , In P01 1!

bridge,Mass .

ILLINOIS.

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House, Boston. Pr esident—Mr s. B. F . Leavitt, lmOr ch a rd“tr easur e r—Miss Ella A. Leland, 82 Congr ess Chicago.tional House, Boston. Secr etar y—MmC . B . Taintor , 151 W aning“

Chicago.

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Dubuque.

NEW YORK.

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President-Mr s. Wm. Kincaid, 483 G r eene Ave. , Pr esident—Mr s . (3m Lane, 47MiamiAve .

Brooklyn.Detroit.

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