The American Missionary — Volume 35, No. 12, December, 1881

Now, my friends, we have gained one thing in the history of our treatment of the Indian, and we have gained one thing in the history of our treatment of the negro. It has been d...

Kentucky (shame on her!) and Delaware (shame on her!) give to the negro what he pays in taxes, and they are pretty far North; all the rest of the South give of the school fund _...

This gives you a little idea of the inevitable difficulties of African exploration. As to the encouragements, the first one I think of (and it is a great one) is that our Lord,...

I met the president of a railroad within a month, who has recently constructed a long road in the South against time. I asked him, “With what help did you construct this road?”...

At Talladega, Stone Hall, for boys, has been completed. It is three stories high, with a basement, and contains printing office, reading-room, bath-room and dormitories for 76 s...

Yet I have seen and heard of agencies where, notwithstanding gratuities, there has been steady improvement in houses, crops and herds. Good management on the one hand and the go...

Perhaps the frequent remark about “their place” means that they ought not to be educated. Now and then we see what might have been a good barber spoiled by the attempt to make h...

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We believe that the Peace Policy of General Grant, which was continued by President Hayes, has been productive of great and lasting good to the Indians. Some infelicities have o...

Resolved, that the hearty thanks of this Association be extended to the pastors and members of the Congregational churches, and to the people of Worcester, for their cordial wel...

Albany. D. S. Charles, $25; C. P. Williams, $10; Nelson Lyon, $5; Mrs. E. J. Edwards, $5 45.00 Brasher Falls. Elijah Wood, $15; Mrs. O. Bell, $2 17.00 Hamilton. O. S. Campbell,...

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