Part 1

VOL. XXXII. No. 12.

THE

AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

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“To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.”

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DECEMBER, 1878.

_CONTENTS_:

EDITORIAL.

ABSTRACT OF THE REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE A. M. A. 353 ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION 356 ADDRESS OF REV. SYLVANUS HEYWOOD 371 ADDRESS ON CHINESE MISSIONS IN AMERICA: Rev. E. S. Atwood 373 ADDRESS UPON THE AFRICAN MISSION: REV. G. D. Pike 377 THE ANNUAL MEETING 379 PARAGRAPHS 381 ITEMS FROM SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES 382

THE FREEDMEN.

ATLANTA, GA.--Students’ Reports of Summer Work: Mrs. T. N. Chase 383 TENNESSEE.--Woman’s Work among Women: Miss Hattie Milton 385 NORTH CAROLINA.--Students Want to “Batch”: Rev. Alfred Connett 387 TALLADEGA, ALABAMA.--The Story of Ambrose Headen 388 A GRATEFUL WARD 389

AFRICA.

THE MENDI MISSION: Rev. A. E. Jackson 389

THE INDIANS.

SISSETON AGENCY: E. H. C. Hooper, Agent 392

RECEIPTS 394

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PRESIDENT.

HON. E. S. TOBEY, Boston.

VICE PRESIDENTS.

Hon. F. D. PARISH, Ohio. Rev. JONATHAN BLANCHARD, Ill. Hon. E. D. HOLTON, Wis. Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, Mass. Rev. STEPHEN THURSTON, D. D., Me. Rev. SAMUEL HARRIS, D. D., Ct. Rev. SILAS MCKEEN, D. D., Vt. WM. C. CHAPIN, Esq., R. I. Rev. W. T. EUSTIS, Mass. Hon. A. C. BARSTOW, R. I. Rev. THATCHER THAYER, D. D., R. I. Rev. RAY PALMER, D. D., N. Y. Rev. J. M. STURTEVANT, D. D., Ill. Rev. W. W. PATTON, D. D., D. C. Hon. SEYMOUR STRAIGHT, La. Rev. D. M. GRAHAM, D. D., Mich. HORACE HALLOCK, Esq., Mich. Rev. CYRUS W. WALLACE, D. D., N. H. Rev. EDWARD HAWES, Ct. DOUGLAS PUTNAM, Esq., Ohio. Hon. THADDEUS FAIRBANKS, Vt. SAMUEL D. PORTER, Esq., N. Y. Rev. M. M. G. DANA, D. D., Ct. Rev. H. W. BEECHER, N. Y. Gen. O. O. HOWARD, Oregon. Rev. EDWARD L. CLARK, N. Y. Rev. G. F. MAGOUN, D. D., Iowa Col. C. G. HAMMOND, Ill. EDWARD SPAULDING, M. D., N. H. DAVID RIPLEY, Esq., N. J. Rev. WM. M. BARBOUR, D. D., Ct. Rev. W. L. GAGE, Ct. A. S. HATCH, Esq., N. Y. Rev. J. H. FAIRCHILD, D. D., Ohio. Rev. H. A. STIMSON, Minn. Rev. J. W. STRONG, D. D., Minn. Rev. GEORGE THACHER, LL. D., Iowa. Rev. A. L. STONE, D. D., California. Rev. G. H. ATKINSON, D. D., Oregon. Rev. J. E. RANKIN, D. D., D. C. Rev. A. L. CHAPIN, D. D., Wis. S. D. SMITH, Esq., Mass. Rev. H. M. PARSONS, N. Y. PETER SMITH, Esq., Mass. Dea. JOHN WHITING, Mass. Rev. WM. PATTON, D. D., Ct. Hon. J. B. GRINNELL, Iowa. Rev. WM. T. CARR, Ct. Rev. HORACE WINSLOW, Ct. Sir PETER COATS, Scotland. Rev. HENRY ALLON, D. D., London, Eng. WM. E. WHITING, Esq., N. Y. J. M. PINKERTON, Esq., Mass.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.

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

DISTRICT SECRETARIES.

REV. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_. REV. G. D. PIKE, _New York_. REV. JAS. POWELL, _Chicago, Ill._

EDGAR KETCHUM, ESQ., _Treasurer, N. Y._ H. W. HUBBARD, ESQ., _Assistant Treasurer, N. Y._ REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _Recording Secretary_.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

ALONZO S. BALL, A. S. BARNES, EDWARD BEECHER, GEO. M. BOYNTON, WM. B. BROWN, CLINTON B. FISK, A. P. FOSTER, E. A. GRAVES, S. B. HALLIDAY, SAM’L HOLMES, S. S. JOCELYN, ANDREW LESTER, CHAS. L. MEAD, JOHN H. WASHBURN, G. B. WILLCOX.

COMMUNICATIONS

relating to the business of the Association may be addressed to either of the Secretaries as above.

DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when more convenient, to either of the branch offices, 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., 112 West Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. Drafts or checks sent to Mr. Hubbard should be made payable to his order as _Assistant Treasurer_.

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Correspondents are specially requested to place at the head of each letter the name of their Post Office, and the County and State in which it is located.

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THE

AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

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VOL. XXXII. DECEMBER, 1878. No. 12.

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_American Missionary Association._

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ABSTRACT OF THE THIRTY-SECOND REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE A. M. A.

The Report opens with an expression of thanks to God for the general prosperity of its work, obituary notices of the Rev. Silas McKeen, D. D., of Bradford, Vt., a Vice-President, and Mrs. Benjamin James, of the Mendi Mission, and a brief review of the marked progress of the last thirty-two years in the line of its aim and effort.

The Freedmen.

The educational work of the Association has been vigorously sustained, with increasing numbers, and at the cost of great self-denial on the part of both teachers and pupils. New buildings have been erected for the Emerson Institute at Mobile, Ala., for the Lewis High School and Norwich Chapel at Macon, Ga., for the Straight University at New Orleans, La., and for the Beach Institute at Savannah, Ga., under the supervision of Prof. T. N. Chase, of Atlanta. They are simple but commodious, and admirably adapted for their uses, better located than formerly, and cost no more than the insurance received for the buildings which they replace. The institutions of the Association are excellently located.

The early educational work was, of necessity, altogether primary. As the States assumed the support of common schools, the Association gave itself more and more to Normal teaching, and has always found a demand for more teachers than its schools could furnish. A few more each year are advancing into the collegiate and professional courses. Its one Law and three Theological classes have been well sustained, and it has also co-operated with the Presbytery of Washington in the support of the Theological Department of Howard University. The practical and moral importance of the Industrial Departments is also referred to. During the year small amounts have been added to the salaries of a number of common-school teachers, graduates from its institutions, enabling them to extend the time of their school-year from three or six to nine months.

The need of this work is emphasized by the fact that there are still 3,500,000 over ten years of age in the South who cannot read, over 1,135,000 of whom are legal voters. The need of permanent endowments and of student aid are also dwelt upon. A depiction of the influence of these institutions in the homes, the common schools, the churches, and upon the sentiment of the people of the South, and especially of the positiveness of their religious influence, concludes this part of the Report.

The report of church work adds five new churches organized during the year to its list. Judged by the measure of accessions to membership by profession of faith, these sixty-four churches have not been dead nor fruitless. Fifteen of them report from eleven to fifty such additions each, making an average of over twenty-four, and amounting to 368 in all. Indications of growth are also found in increased efforts for self-support and for systematic giving. The Sunday-schools of the churches not only are well sustained, but the teachers go out into churches of other orders, and into mission work, thus reaching many thousands of youth and children.

The cause of temperance has been advancing in these churches. The six local conferences have, by their annual meetings, shown progress and done good. The difficulties of a rapid extension of church work in the South are referred to, and the hope expressed, of surmounting such of them as may be overcome under the field-superintendence of Rev. Dr. Roy, who will very soon be in his headquarters at Atlanta.

In summing up the work among the Freedmen, encouragement is drawn from the fact that some of the best pastors and teachers now in the field were taken from the streets by the missionary teachers of the Association, and have developed under its care to be its fellow-helpers; also, that results appear to be more permanent and substantial.

Africa.

Four missionaries were sent, Feb. 8, to the reinforcement of the five who sailed the September before. The outlook was discouraging in both its material and spiritual aspects. But they went to work practically and hopefully, and have labored with good success. Twenty-two new members have been received into the church at Good Hope. Preaching services and Sunday and day-schools have also been opened at Avery and Debia.

The missionaries desire increased facilities for taking the children into their homes under their constant care, a work which they have begun already. The industrial work at Avery has been revived. These missionary families, numbering fifteen souls in all, have endured the trying climate, and that through its sickly season, as well as could have been hoped. All of them have been sick; one of their number has died; none of them are in impaired health, so far as can be learned.

The report speaks of the intention to strengthen this mission as it may seem to demand, of the need of means with which to do it, and of the missionary interest awakened in the South, and especially at Hampton and Fisk.

The Indians.

The necessity of changing agents has made much unexpected work, and the difficulties of supplying their places are referred to. The work of Rev. Mr. Eells at S’Kokomish is spoken of. The Indians show increasing interest in education, but the unsettled condition of their affairs prevents the best success. The recommendations made by the representatives of the various religious denominations to the Board of Commissioners are recited. The possibility of a transfer of the Indians to the War Department is alluded to, and deprecated as a long step in retreat.

The Chinese in America.

The outcries against the Chinaman, and the abuse he receives on every hand, are alluded to as having had already an influence in diminishing the number of those coming to our shores.

The Association has sustained eleven schools during the year, with 1,492 pupils. The Chinese Congregational Association and the Bethany Home have been kept up, with increasing usefulness. Seventy-five have been hopefully converted during the year. The indebtedness of the Association to Rev. Wm. C. Pond, its superintendent in that work, is heartily acknowledged. The desire of the Chinese converts for the conversion of their own people in their native land is referred to as a convincing proof that they have entered into the spirit of the Master. The new Chinese embassy to this country is spoken of as full of promise in regard to all the questions affecting that race.

Finances.

The receipts of the year have been $195,601.65; the expenses have been $188,079.46, leaving a balance of $7,522.19. The current receipts are not equal by $13,063.23 to those of the preceding year, the falling off being mainly in legacies; and the $17,904.92 in cash (and $6,950 in pledges) for the debt may have somewhat lessened the regular gifts.

The debt, two years ago, was $93,000; one year ago it was $63,000; what has been received and saved for it together this year amounts to $25,427.11, which has reduced it to $37,389.79, and pledges are held for $6,950, which, when redeemed, will further diminish it to $30,439.79.

The Committee recognize the hand of the Lord, and the hearts of His people in this good showing. The Report makes special mention of the gifts from the field for this object, and yet the remaining debt is deeply deplored as preventing the enlargement of the work. The careful and wise use of the funds in its hands encourages the Association to ask for the removal of this its last hindrance.

Sundries.

References to the co-operation of the Freedmen’s Missions Aid Society in England, the return of the Jubilee Singers, the changes successfully made in the form and editing of the AMERICAN MISSIONARY, and the generous aid of the American Bible Society, conclude the Report.

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THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

_Statistics of its Work and Workers--General Summary._

Workers.

_Missionaries_--at the South, 69; among the Indians, 1; in the Foreign field, 9; total, 79.

_Teachers_--at the South, 150; among the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 10; Native helpers in the Foreign field, 6; total, 183.

_Matrons_, 9; in Business Department, 9. Total number of Workers, 280.

Churches.

_Churches_--at the South, 64; among the Indians, 1; in the Foreign field, 1; total, 66.

_Church Members_--at the South, 4,189; among the Indians, 19; in the Foreign field, 44; total, 4,252. Total number Sabbath-school Scholars, 7,517.

Schools.

_Schools_--at the South, 37; among the Chinese, 11; among the Indians, 6; in the Foreign field, 3; total, 57.

_Pupils_--at the South, 7,229; among the Chinese, 1,492; among the Indians, 245; in the Foreign field, 177; total, 9,143.

Details of School Work at the South.

_Chartered Institutions_, 8.--Hampton N. and A. Institute, Hampton, Va.: Number of pupils, 332; boarding accommodations, for 180. Berea College, Berea, Ky.: Number of pupils, 273; boarding accommodations for 180. Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.: Number of pupils, 338; boarding accommodations for 150. Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga.: Number of pupils, 244; boarding accommodations for 150. Talladega College, Talladega, Ala.: Number of pupils, 272; boarding accommodations for 100. Tougaloo University, Tougaloo, Miss.: Number of pupils, 193; boarding accommodations for 90. Straight University, New Orleans, La.: Number of pupils, 287; no boarding accommodations. Normal Institute, Austin, Texas: Number of pupils, 146.

_Other Institutions_, 11.--Normal School, Wilmington, N. C.: Number of pupils, 126; Washington School, Raleigh, N. C., 435; Avery Institute, Charleston, S. C., 294; Brewer Normal School, Greenwood, S. C., 58; Storrs School, Atlanta, Ga., 701; Lewis High School, Macon, Ga., 93; Trinity School, Athens, Ala., 158; Emerson Institute, Mobile, Ala., 117; Swayne School, Montgomery, Ala., 436; Burrell School, Selma, Ala., 421; Le Moyne School, Memphis, Tenn., 184; Common Schools, 18;--total, 37.

Pupils Classified.

Theological, 88; Law, 17; Collegiate, 106; Collegiate Preparatory, 160; Normal, 1,459; Grammar, 1,016; Intermediate, 2,048; Primary, 2,398 7,292

Studying in two grades, 63 ————— 7,229

Scholars in the South, taught by our former pupils, estimated at 100,000.

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THIRTY-SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

The American Missionary Association held its Thirty-second Anniversary in the Broadway Congregational Church, Taunton, Mass., commencing October 29, 1878.

President Edward S. Tobey called the Association to order at three P. M. Rev. Edward H. Merrill, D. D., of Ripon, Wis., conducted the devotional service, reading selections from the Scriptures, and leading in prayer. Rev. Leverett S. Woodworth, of Campello, Mass., was elected Secretary, and Rev. Samuel Harrison, of Pittsfield, Assistant Secretary.

The President appointed the following Nominating Committee: Rev. Lyman S. Rowland, Rev. George M. Boynton, Rev. Thomas K. Fessenden and J. E. Porter, Esq.

Rev. George M. Boynton presented the Annual Report of the Executive Committee. On motion, the report was accepted, and its various portions referred to appropriate committees.

The report of the Treasurer was presented by Henry W. Hubbard, Esq., Assistant Treasurer, and was referred to the Committee on Finance.

The Committee on Nominations reported the following list of committees:

1. _Committee of Arrangements._--Rev. Mortimer Blake, D. D., Rev. Morton Dexter, Rev. E. S. Atwood, Chas. H. Atwood, Esq., Dea. E. H. Reed, H. B. Palmer, Esq., Rev. T. T. Richmond.

2. _Committee on Business._--Rev. S. M. Newman, Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Eleazer Porter, Esq.

3. _Committee, on Nominations._--Rev. Lyman S. Rowland, Rev. George M. Boynton, Rev. Thos. K. Fessenden, Dea. Edwin Talcott.

4. _Committee on Finance._--Hon. E. H. Sawyer, A. S. Barnes, Esq., A. L. Williston, Esq., Geo. H. Corliss, Esq., S. D. Smith, Esq., Hon. Rufus Frost, Abiel Abbott, Esq.

5. _Committee on Moral and Religious Education_ (especially among colored women of the South).--Rev. H. P. DeForrest, Rev. C. D. Barrows, Rev. Albert H. Heath, Rev. Henry Hopkins, Rev. I. C. Thatcher, Rev. E. W. Allen, Rev. Geo. A. Tewksbury.

6. _Committee on Normal and Higher Education in the South._--Rev. Wm. W. Adams, D. D., Rev. J. W. Wellman, D. D., Rev. Frederick Alvord, Rev. E. H. Merrill, D. D., Rev. H. J. Patrick, Rev. R. K. Harlow, Rev. Calvin Cutler.

7. _Committee on Church Extension in the South._--Rev. Edward Strong, D. D., Rev. Wm. L. Gaylord, Rev. A. H. Plumb, Rev. A. E. Winship, Rev. D. O. Mears, Rev. O. T. Lanphear, D. D., Rev. M. Burnham.

8. _Committee on Chinese Missions in America._--Rev. E. S. Atwood, Rev. E. H. Byington, Rev. G. R. W. Scott, Rev. J. D. Kingsbury, Rev. Charles B. Sumner, Rev. Henry M. Grout, D. D., Rev. J. M. Bell.

9. _Committee on Indian Missions in America._--Hon. A. C. Barstow, Rev. Geo. F. Wright, Rev. Cyrus Richardson, Col. Franklin Fairbanks, B. C. Hardwick, Esq., Rev. A. P. Marvin, Rev. Franklin P. Chapin.

10. _Committee on African Missions._--Rev. Reuen Thomas, D. D., Rev. Geo. A. Oviatt, Rev. G. R. Leavitt, Rev. Franklin Ayer, Rev. W. S. Hubbell, Dea. Edward Kendall, Rev. John C. Labaree, Rev. G. D. Pike.

11. _Committee on Religious Services and Prayer-Meeting._--Rev. Horace Winslow, Rev. R. B. Howard.

I. Paper by Rev. M. E. Strieby, D. D. Subject--“The Work of Half a Generation among the Freedmen.” Committee--Rev. Daniel T. Fiske, D. D., Rev. Geo. E. Street, Rev. James H. Lyon, Rev. E. P. Blodgett, Rev. Geo. E. Freeman, Rev. Henry A. Blake.

II. By Rev. Stacy Fowler. Subject--“The Element of Present Time all-important in what we do to save this Country.” Committee--Rev. Jacob Ide, Jr., Rev. W. W. Woodworth, Rev. Chester W. Hawley, Rev. Davis Foster, Rev. Henry E. Barnes.

III. By Rev. Geo. Leon Walker, D. D. Subject--“The Denominational Polity of the American Missionary Association.” Committee--Rev. Samuel P. Leeds, D. D., Rev. Ephraim Flint, D. D., Rev. Henry W. Jones, Rev. J. B. Clark, Rev. John V. Hilton.

IV. By Rev. Ebenezer Cutler, D. D. Subject--“A Revival of Righteousness in the Prosecution of Christian Work among the Despised Races of America.” Committee--Rev. B. F. Hamilton, Rev. Wm. V. W. Davis, Rev. H. D. Walker, Rev. Henry R. Craig, Rev. Wm. T. Briggs.

V. By Rev. C. L. Woodworth. Subject--“America’s Opportunity the World’s Salvation.” Committee--Rev. J. M. Green, Rev. Samuel Bell, Rev. G. F. Stanton, Rev. Chas. P. Nason, Rev. Franklin S. Hatch, Rev. J. K. Aldrich.

Rev. Stephen M. Newman reported the order of exercises for the ensuing sessions. Secretary Strieby urged upon the Association the need of prayer in the meetings. The President called upon the Rev. E. B. Hooker to lead in prayer. After singing, the Benediction was pronounced by Rev. E. H. Merrill, D. D. The Association then adjourned until 7.30 P. M.

Evening Session.

At 7.30 P. M. the President called the Association to order. Scriptures were read and prayer offered by Rev. Daniel T. Fiske, D. D. Rev. Samuel E. Herrick, D. D. delivered a sermon from I Peter, ii. 9. Secretary Strieby offered the closing prayer. The Association then adjourned until nine A. M. of Wednesday.

Wednesday, October 30.

At 8.15 a prayer-meeting was conducted by Rev. Horace Winslow. At nine, the Association was called to order by Pres. Edward S. Tobey. Prayer was offered by Rev. John O. Means.

Rev. Stacy Fowler, of Cambridge, read a paper on “The Element of Present Time all-important in what we do to save this Country.”

Rev. George Leon Walker, D. D., read a paper on “The Denominational Polity of the American Missionary Association.”

District-Secretary Chas. L. Woodworth read a paper on “America’s Opportunity the World’s Salvation.”

After singing, the Association adjourned until two P. M.

Afternoon Session.

At two P. M. the Association was called to order by President Edward S. Tobey. The session was opened with singing “How firm a foundation ye saints of the Lord,” and with prayer by Rev. Stephen H. Hayes.

Rev. Ebenezer Cutler, D. D., of Worcester, read a paper upon “The Revival of Righteousness in the Prosecution of Christian Work among the Despised Races of America,” which was referred to a committee.

Hon. Amos C. Barstow, of Providence, R. I., read the report of the committee on the Indians as follows:

The Committee to whom was referred so much of the Annual Report as relates to the work of the Association among the Indians, are glad to be able to approve the action of the Executive Committee for the past year, both with respect to its missions and its agencies. They beg also to indorse and emphasize the sentiment--twice repeated in the Report--that “the unsettled condition of the Indians, growing out of their frequent and enforced removal, sometimes for long distances, and at short notice, continues to rob the efforts put forth in their behalf of much of their rightful success.”

Like the dove sent out from the Ark, the Indian has found no rest for the sole of his foot. Of the 275,000 Indians in what is now our country, fifty years ago 130,000 were east of the Mississippi River, where now but 25,000 remain.

At first we were content to crowd them beyond the Mississippi, but our example at the East has proved contagious among the settlers of the new States west of the Mississippi, and now all these States, by their influence over the General Government, are emptying their Indians into the Territories. The Pawnees and Poncas, and the great bands of Sioux Indians, under those famous chiefs Red Cloud and Spotted Tail--in all 15,000--have been pushed out of Nebraska within two years. The great States of Iowa and Kansas have but 1,000 each remaining in their borders, and Missouri has none. At the present moment, Colorado is making an effort to push the 3,200 Ute Indians, who have always lived upon her soil, either beyond her borders or up into the mountains, 7,000 feet above the sea level, and far above the possibility of self-support.