_Minister._
Rev. Jos. E. Smith, Atlanta, Ga.
_Teachers._
Mr. Seaborn Snelson, McIntosh, Ga.
Mr. Silas Daniels, McIntosh, Ga.
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ALABAMA.
TALLADEGA.
_Minister._
Rev. D. L. Hickok, Kingsville, Ohio.
TALLADEGA COLLEGE.
_Instructors and Managers._
Rev. E. P. Lord, Olivet, Mich.
Rev. G. W. Andrews, Collinsville, Conn.
Rev. D. L. Hickok, Kingsville, Ohio.
Mr. Warren E. Wheeler, Salem, Wis.
Miss Annie Sawyer, Boxford, Mass.
Miss Emma L. Miller, Huntsburg, Ohio.
Miss Mary Kernan, Locust Valley, L. I.
Miss Kate A. Lord, Olivet, Mich.
Mrs. G. W. Andrews, Collinsville, Conn.
Mrs. D. L. Hickok, Kingsville, Ohio.
Mrs. Lucy Alford, New York City.
_MISSION CHURCHES._
ALABAMA FURNACE, CHILDERSBURG, KYMULGA, THE COVE, ANNISTON.
_Superintendent._
Rev. G. W. Andrews, Collinsville, Conn.
MOBILE.
_Minister._
Rev. Wm. Ash, Providence, R. I.
EMERSON INSTITUTE.
_Teachers._
Mr. B. F. Koons, Sulphur Springs, O.
Miss Jennie Stevenson, Bellefontaine, O.
Miss Sara J. Irwin, Galesburg, Ill.
MONTGOMERY (P. O. Box 62).
_Minister._
Rev. Charles Noble, Norwich Town, Conn.
SWAYNE SCHOOL.
_Principal._
Miss Martha J. Adams, Columbus, Wis.
_Assistants._
Miss Julia E. Goodenough, Davison Sta., Mich.
Miss Annette Lynch, Ballston, N. Y.
Miss May Merry, Providence R. I.
Miss Fannie A. Wilson, Montgomery, Ala.
Mrs. M. Hardaway Davis, Montgomery, Ala.
SELMA.
_Minister._
Rev. Fletcher Clark, Albany, N. Y.
MARION.
_Minister._
Rev. Geo. E. Hill, Southport, Conn.
_Missionaries._
Mrs. Geo. E. Hill, Southport, Conn.
Miss —— Hill, Southport, Conn.
ATHENS.
_Minister._
Rev. Horace Taylor, McMinnville, Tenn.
TRINITY SCHOOL.
_Teachers._
Miss M. F. Wells, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Miss Nettie Underwood, Burlington, Mich.
FLORENCE.
_Minister._
Mr. L. C. Anderson, Nashville, Tenn.
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TENNESSEE.
NASHVILLE.
_Ministers._
Rev. Henry S. Bennett, Nashville, Tenn.
Rev. Joseph Moore, Nashville, Tenn.
FISK UNIVERSITY.
_Instructors and Managers._
Rev. E. M. Cravath, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Rev. A. K. Spence, Nashville, Tenn.
Rev. H. S. Bennett, Nashville, Tenn.
Rev. F. A. Chase, Nashville, Tenn.
Mr. Edw. P. Gilbert, Nashville, Tenn.
Mr. John Burrus, Nashville, Tenn.
Mr. W. G. Rappleye, Mineto, N. Y.
Miss Helen C. Morgan, Cleveland, Ohio.
Miss Anna M. Cahill, Binghamton, N. Y.
Miss Henrietta Matson, N. Bloomfield, Ohio.
Miss E. M. Barnes, Bakersfield, Vt.
Miss Laura S. Carey, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Mrs. J. D. Lee, Nashville, Tenn.
Miss Irene E. Gilbert, Fredonia, N. Y.
Miss Sarah M. Wells, Big Rapids, Mich.
Mrs. M. M. Cahill, Binghamton, N. Y.
MEMPHIS.
_Minister._
Rev. W. W. Mallory, Memphis, Tenn.
_Missionary._
Miss Hattie Milton, Romeo, Mich.
LE MOYNE SCHOOL.
_Principal._
Prof. A. J. Steele, Whitewater, Wis.
_Assistants._
Miss Laura A. Parmelee, Toledo, Ohio.
Miss Emma Rand, Whitewater, Wis.
Miss Ella Woodward, Royalton, N. Y.
Miss S. M. McGill, Memphis, Tenn.
CHATTANOOGA.
_Minister._
Rev. Temple Cutler, Athol, Mass.
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KENTUCKY.
BEREA.
_Minister._
Rev. John G. Fee, Berea, Ky.
BEREA COLLEGE.
_Instructors and Managers._
Rev. E. H. Fairchild, Berea, Ky.
Rev. John G. Fee, Berea, Ky.
Rev. J. A. R. Rogers, Berea, Ky.
Prof. L. V. Dodge, Berea, Ky.
Rev. Charles G. Fairchild, Berea, Ky.
Rev. B. S. Hunting, Sublette, Ill.
Miss L. A. Darling, Akron, Ohio.
Miss Kate Gilbert, W. Brookfield, Mass.
Miss Anna Haylor, Oberlin, Ohio.
Miss Juan Kumler, Berea, Ky.
Miss Etta McClelland, Berea, Ky.
Miss Clara A. Saxton, Oberlin, Ohio.
CAMP NELSON.
_Minister._
—— ——
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MISSISSIPPI.
TOUGALOO.
_Minister._
Rev. G. S. Pope, Strongsville, Ohio.
TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY.
_Managers and Instructors._
Rev. G. S. Pope, Strongsville, Ohio.
Prof. D. I. Miner, Bavaria, Kansas.
Miss Kate K. Koons, Sulphur Springs, O.
Miss Orra A. Angell, Greenville, R. I.
Miss Mary H. Scott, Auburndale, Mass.
Miss Dora Ford, N. Abington, Mass.
Mrs. G. S. Pope, Strongsville, Ohio.
Mrs. D. I. Miner, Bavaria, Kansas.
Miss S. L. Emerson, Hallowell, Me.
GRENADA.
_Teachers._
Miss Anna Harwood, Grenada, Miss.
Miss Carrie Segur, Grenada, Miss.
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LOUISIANA.
NEW ORLEANS.
_Ministers._
Rev. W. S. Alexander, Pomfret, Conn.
Rev. Isaac Hall, New Orleans, La.
Rev. Henry Ruffin, New Orleans, La.
Rev. N. B. James, New Orleans, La.
STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY.
_Instructors and Managers._
Rev. W. S. Alexander, Pomfret, Conn.
Prof. J. K. Cole, Lawrence, Mass.
Prof. J. M. McPherron, New Orleans, La.
Miss Mary J. Robinson, Lake City, Minn.
Miss H. J. Halleck, Success, L. I.
Miss Frances Stevens, Oswego, N. Y.
Mrs. C. E. Alexander, Pomfret, Conn.
Miss Josephine Pierce, Tallmadge, Ohio.
ABBERVILLE.
_Minister._
Rev. Charles E. Smith, New Orleans, La.
NEW IBERIA.
_Minister._
Rev. William Butler, New Iberia, La.
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TEXAS.
GOLIAD.
Rev. B. C. Church, Goliad, Texas.
CORPUS CHRISTI.
_Minister._
Rev. S. M. Coles, New Haven, Conn.
HELENA.
_Minister._
Rev. Mitchell Thompson, Goliad, Texas.
AUSTIN.
_Teacher._
Mrs. E. M. Garland, Austin, Texas.
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AMONG THE CHINESE.
_Superintendent._
Rev. W. C. Pond, San Francisco, Cal.
_Teachers._
SAN FRANCISCO, Mrs. M. T. Hunting.
D. M. Boker.
Mrs. Boker.
Fung Affoo.
I. Hackley.
Lue Lune.
Mrs. C. A. Sheldon.
OAKLAND, Mrs. M. M. Hardy.
Jee Gam.
PETALUMA, Miss Isabella Crapser.
SACRAMENTO, Mrs. S. Denton.
SAN LEANDRO, Rev. T. M. Oviatt.
SANTA BARBARA, Mrs. C. P. Stevenson.
STOCKTON, Mrs. M. C. Brown.
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AMONG THE INDIANS.
_Red Lake Agency, Minnesota._
Agent, R. M. Pratt.
Teacher, Miss M. C. Warren.
_Lake Superior Agency, Wisconsin._
Agent, Dr. Isaac L. Mahan.
Teacher, ——
Teacher, Robert Pew.
_Green Bay Agency, Wisconsin._
Agent, Jos. C. Bridgman.
Farmer and Teacher, W. W. Wheeler.
Matron, Mrs. W. W. Wheeler.
Teacher, Miss S. B. Dresser.
_Ft. Berthold Agency, Dakota Territory._
Agent, E. H. Alden.
_Sisseton Agency, Dakota Territory._
Agent, E. H. C. Hooper.
Teachers, (Connected with the Mission
of the A. B. C. F. M.)
_S’Kokomish Agency, Washington Territory._
Agent, Edwin Eells.
Missionary, Rev. Myron Eells.
Teachers, (Supported by Gov’t.)
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MENDI MISSION, WEST AFRICA.
_Missionaries and Assistants._
Mr. Jas. Kirk. Mrs. M. M. Mair.
Rev. Floyd Snelson. Mrs. Floyd Snelson.
Dr. Benj. James. Mrs. Benj. James.
Mr. A. E. White. Mr. Samuel Goodman.
Mr. Elias Tucker. Mrs. During.
Mr. Buel Tucker. Mrs. Thomas.
Mr. —— Jewett.
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AFRICA.
* * * * *
OUR NEW MISSIONARIES.
Arrival at Sherbro—A Hearty Welcome—First Impressions.
Our letters from the newly arrived band of missionaries at the
Mendi Mission have been, of necessity, brief and hurried. We learn
from them that the party arrived at Sierra Leone on the 19th of
November, and landed the next morning.
In a letter dated Nov. 22, from Sierra Leone, Mr. White says:
“We had, as you know, fifty-seven days on our voyage. The sea is
a bad road to ride. All of us were sick some, and Mr. and Mrs.
Snelson, Mrs. James and Mrs. Pardoe’s little boy, we thought would
not be able to make the voyage. The captain is a very fine man,
indeed, and tried to do all for us that was in his power. We are
very thankful to him for the kindness he showed toward us. We are
very well pleased with Africa—that is, so far as we have seen, but
we cannot compare Sherbro with this place, because the people here
are not all native, and those at Sherbro are. The mission has a
house in Sierra Leone, in which we will stay till we go next week,
by steamer, to our station. I want to visit some of the Industrial
Schools here before I leave, so that we can tell how they are
carried on.
“The people here are very kind to us. The place looks like some old
towns in America, which are going to ruin. The houses are all built
in the old style. Some of the people will compare with any of our
people in the States, while others are far behind them—some of
them dress very well, while some only wear a piece of cloth around
their hips. You can tell the natives because all of them bear some
kind of a mark, as all the tribes mark their children while they
are small, to distinguish them from other people.”
From Rev. Mr. Snelson, under dates of Nov. 28 and Dec. 1, we learn
that during the week while they were compelled to wait for the
government steamer, they were the objects of many kind attentions
from the ministers, Governor and leading gentlemen of Sierra Leone.
Mr. Kirk met them on their arrival there.
Under the later date, Mr. Snelson writes from Bonthe:
“I am glad to inform you that we have arrived here safely. We left
Freetown Thursday evening, taking deck passage on the governor’s
steamer, as cabin passage cost three times as much, and reached
here yesterday (Nov. 30) afternoon. I found Mrs. Mair here making
ready for us. As the boat returns to-day, I shall not be able to
make any report. I like the place so far very well. The people seem
very anxious to receive us. I have asked Mr. Kirk to come down from
Avery next week, that we may all consult together as to what it is
best to do.”
Mr. Burton (now in this country and retired from missionary labor),
who was for so many years in our service in Africa, writes to us:
“I am very glad to hear of the safe arrival of the missionary
company in Africa. I have been for many years looking forward to
the time when the mission should be carried on by laborers taken
from among the freedmen, and I believe that God will use them to
bless Africa.
“I received a letter from Mr. Gomer (a colored missionary of the
United Brethren) a few days since. He had just returned from a
visit to Avery, and spoke of it as being in a very flourishing
condition. I seem to be there in spirit a great part of the time,
and I do not know as it is strange, for a generation has grown up
under my care, who seem almost to be my children. My prayer is that
these freedmen may be God’s instruments to bring them to Christ.”
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KAW MENDI, SHERBRO, W. AFRICA.
LETTER FROM REV. J. M. WILLIAMS.
Mr. Williams is a native of Demerara, South America; was educated
in the schools of the London Missionary Society, and was formerly
in the employ of the United Brethren. He has been for some months
at Kaw Mendi, once a mission station of the Association, and
writes to assure us that our former labors there have not been
altogether in vain.
KAW MENDI, SMALL BOOM RIVER,
SHERBRO, W. A., _7th November, 1877_.
Since I left Shengay, in May, I was directed by the providence
of God, through chiefs Wm. and C. H. Tucker, to this, the first
station of the Association. I opened a school, and commenced
telling of Christ to the adults, in July, to the great joy of all
who remembered the former missionaries who labored here. Chief C.
H. Tucker has hitherto done nobly, in helping me in every way to
prosecute my work. He defrays my traveling expenses, and, when
his duties as a chief permit, he accompanies me, and interprets
for me when I go to preach in the other towns and villages. I
had up to last week twenty scholars, but one was sent home to
be cured of a bad ulcer, and five others because their parents
have not fulfilled their duties as promised—that is, to feed
them while under our care. My plan is, that all who are able, pay
something for the education of their children, or the children
work to support themselves. Chief C. H. Tucker subscribes readily
and largely to the support of the school. He is about erecting a
large mission house, a children’s home for boys and girls, and a
chapel and schoolhouse, all of country materials except the doors,
etc. I fear it will be too much for him, but he does not think
so. He hopes to be able to have all ready at the commencement of
the ensuing year, God willing. Chief Tucker is one of the most
intelligent men about Sherbro, educated by your missionaries,
Brooks and White. There is another, a Mr. King, that is an
excellent interpreter, and is of help to me.
The children are progressing very fast. Though I cannot yet boast
of converts to Christ, yet I am cheered by the fact that here and
elsewhere, among those who have attended the preaching of the
Gospel, many are inquiring after the way of salvation. Last Lord’s
day, an adult attended our Sabbath-school. Our present place of
worship here is too small to seat the congregation who meet to
worship with us. Thus, while we are called to suffer hunger and
other inconveniences often, yet the signs of a successful future
inspire me with hope and confidence, and nerve me to go on.
Let me have your prayers. I shall be glad to communicate as
regularly as I can with you. I regard this as the Association’s
field of labor. As soon as the buildings and chapel are completed,
I hope to be more comfortable, and to be able to work more
efficiently.
I have named this institution, in honor of my ever-to-be-remembered
friend, Lewis Tappan, “Tappan Literary and Industrial School,
Brooklyn, near Kaw Mendi, Small Boom River, Sherbro, W. A.,” to
which place please direct my AMERICAN MISSIONARY paper for
the future, and all communications.
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COMMUNICATIONS.
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CHRIST IN THE PERSON OF THE POOR.
MATT. XXV. 40.—“And the King shall answer and say unto
them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one
of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me.”
_Dedicated to the American Missionary Association._
O, the hearts, all crushed and bleeding,
Who can pass them by unheeding?
Who resist their piteous pleading?
When mine eyes the King shall see,
Shall the waiting welcome be,
“Ye have done it unto Me”?
Lo, our Lord has condescended
To uplift the unbefriended,
And the poor man’s cause defended.
When mine eyes the King shall see,
Shall the waiting welcome be,
“Ye have done it unto Me”?
Came He to the pure and holy,
Or to save the sinners solely?
Lo, He loved the lost and lowly.
When mine eyes the King shall see
May the waiting welcome be,
“Ye have done it unto Me”!
When the ruined, rescued races,
Sit with us in heavenly places,
Christ-like love shall crown the graces.
Then mine eyes the King shall see,
And the waiting welcome be,
“Ye have done it unto Me.”
JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 26, ’77.
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REPLACING THE BURNED BUILDINGS.
The new building at Macon, Ga., which contains both chapel and
schoolrooms is nearly completed. It is built substantially and
plainly of brick, fully supplies the place of the two buildings
burned, and in cost will come quite within the insurance money
received. It will probably be ready for dedication about the first
of February.
A lot, on which is a building for a teacher’s home, has been
purchased at Mobile, Ala., and the rebuilding of the Emerson
Institute will be begun at once. It will also be of brick,
commodious and convenient in its proportions and arrangement.
At New Orleans we have met with delays from time to time, arising
from the necessity of a change of location, and the customary
vexations of real-estate transfers. We sympathize with the trials
of our Straight University corps of teachers in the disadvantages
under which they are working. We hope soon to have a desirable
lot fully secured, and shall then press the building with all the
speed which is compatible with prudence and safety.
One of the teachers, in a personal letter, writes:
“As far as numbers make a school a success, Straight is a
success. There must be now two hundred pupils, of which there
are ninety-three enrolled in my department, with an average of
eighty-seven.
“When you know the disadvantages under which the pupils labor,
you will wonder, with us, at their constant attendance. More than
half in my room sit in chairs in which their feet cannot touch the
floor; and the other half are seated at old-fashioned wooden desks
that are loose from the floor and often so nicely balanced that one
child leaving his seat will cause the books, &c., of three others
to come to grief. Think of ninety-three huddled together in a room
twenty-five by twenty-five, with the only two windows on one side,
the other three sides being dark, the only passage from this room
to the street being through another, in which recitations are being
heard through the entire day. This, of course, prevents any recess,
so necessary in a primary or intermediate department.
“Quite unexpectedly the severe weather has come upon us, in which,
because of the unsuitable clothing of the children as well as lack
of conveniences for heating the rooms, the children suffer with
the cold. Last Friday the gentlemen teachers kept their winter
overcoats on all day, and shivered at that. With the exception
of severe colds, the teachers are well, and at their posts. The
accession of new pupils each month somewhat retards school work.
What to do with any more in my department is beyond my ability to
answer at present. But if wishes could lay a brick or drive a nail,
the new building would be well toward completion.”
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CAMPAIGN IN MASSACHUSETTS.
DIST. SEC’Y POWELL, OF CHICAGO.
Thanksgiving week ended, we began our campaign in Massachusetts,
at Sheffield, Monday afternoon, December 3d. Very unfavorable were
the circumstances attending our first meeting. The brutal murder
of an old man and woman on Thanksgiving-Day, had thrown the quiet
town into an unusual state of excitement. Evidence pointed strongly
to a negro as the murderer; and only the determined resistance of
the sheriff at the time of arrest, had saved the town from the
disgraceful presence of Judge Lynch. A murder committed by a white
man would not, I think, have affected unfavorably a meeting in
behalf of home missions; rather, such an event would have given it
special point and interest; but a black man being the criminal,
the result was different. The meeting was small, and yet I should
not be surprised if that meeting at Sheffield should prove to be
the most fruitful in results of any held. That murder ought to
lead the “sober second thought” of the community to a very hearty
endorsement of the American Missionary Association, and I believe
it will.
The uniform heartiness with which the ministers of Connecticut
received us was emulated by our Massachusetts brethren. Wherever we
came, a cordial welcome awaited us, and when we left, an equally
cordial God-speed accompanied us. Our meetings were held almost
entirely in the western part of the State. Hampshire, Hampden and
Berkshire counties were the field, and forty-two different churches
were visited. Just here I might as well make note of the delightful
weather we had all through our Massachusetts campaign—only one
unpleasant evening during the time, and that not sufficiently so
to keep the people at home. Very fortunate we were that evening
in Lee—the well-known go-to-meeting habits of the people gave
us a large audience, compared with some other places visited on
pleasant evenings; and in connection with the weather, how can
I forbear mention of the country—its native beauty, striking
grandeur, and historic interest—who that knows New England can
be ignorant of these? Valleys where poets might go crazy in the
vain attempt to sing their glory, New England’s sturdy sons have
turned into factories of wealth. The Mountains Holyoke, Sugar
Loaf, Tom and Toby, seeming to keep perpetual watch of the busy
life in the valleys below, and then the stories of Indian romance
that, lingering still, encircle some spots with their own weird
interest; the houses of such as Edwards, Field and Bellamy, open up
historic trains of thought which lead to the fountain-head of those
intellectual and moral forces which have made not only Western
Massachusetts, but all New England such an influential power
in the best development of our country. These “sceptred dead,”
from whom not yet has the realm of empire departed! What with
pleasant weather, beautiful scenery, romantic tales and historic
reminiscence, the fatigue of travel and wear of speaking, were
considerably lightened.
In many cases, the afternoon meetings proved, both in point of
numbers and interest, the best. People who leave their homes and
business in the afternoon, riding in some cases four or five miles
to attend a meeting, bring with them an inspiration which a speaker
cannot fail to feel; and after he has gone, his words remain to
be thought over and acted upon. What a difference between an
audience pleased only when the speaker entertains them, and one
that is gathered because of already awakened interest in the cause
of missions! Well, we had both kinds, but our afternoon audiences
were chiefly of the latter. Buckland, Ashfield, Lee, Amherst and
Chicopee, are especially worthy of mention for the large audiences
given us, while, with the exception of two places, which I will
not mention, all the others accorded us a generous hearing, larger
indeed than, under the circumstances, could have been expected.
A little episode occurred during the first week, that broke up our
speaking force for a few days, but added at the same time to the
value of the campaign. The Worcester Central Missionary Society
held its Fifty-Third Annual Meeting, December 6th, in Worcester,
to which meeting Mr. Woodworth and myself repaired, and occupied a
full hour kindly given us, to set forth the claims of the American
Missionary Association; while Mr. Cutler, reinforced by Mr. Pike,
kept on, and filled the appointments in their original order. There
were two things about this Worcester meeting I wish to mention.
_First_, it indicated the growing interest of the churches in the
subject of missions. This Society was organized fifty-two years ago
as auxiliary to the American Board, and, during these intervening
years, has preserved this exclusive relation. This year the Society
voted to change its constitution, in order that hereafter _all_ the
Missionary causes may have recognition in its deliberations and
benefactions. _Secondly_, this meeting indicated that a whole day
can be profitably given by the churches in convention assembled,
to the consideration of missions. From the beginning the power of
the meeting increased, and the evening session, at which there was
a mingling of stirring pleas for the Education Society, the Board
Home Missions, and the Missionary Association, was the crowning
interest of the day.
Brethren, let us move for a “Missionary Day” in our conferences,
and put the Missionary Societies under requisition for the very
best material they can furnish to kindle a fire of missionary
enthusiasm in our churches. The Sabbath following this Worcester
meeting was spent by Mr. Woodworth in Worcester, Mr. Cutler in
Gardner in the morning, and with his former charge in Athol, in
the evening; while I went to Keene, New Hampshire, and spent the
day with my old Seminary class-mate, Rev. Cyrus Richardson. His
sensitive regard for my physical well-being, led him to let me off
with three preaching services, at all of which I had to talk A.
M. A. and all the time. The evening meeting was a crowded union
service, Rev. Mr. Leech coming over with his people in full force,
showing that the churches of Keene have a warm place in their
hearts for missionary work among the despised races in America.
By previous arrangement, we were to again unite our forces at
Buckland, near Sherburne Falls, on Monday afternoon; but
“The best laid schemes o’ mice and men gang aft agley.”