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When through storied windows bright
Falls the dim religious light,
Enhuing all the air with Iris sweet,
Then with mellow thunder deep
Let the ocean-throated organ speak;
Let its rolling billows sweep
Through our souls with might, with might!
’Tis not the voice of puny man
That issues from these Pipes of Pan,
Nor yet some yearning spirit of the air--
Rather we seem to hear from out the skies,
Now low, now loud, through opened gates of Paradise,
The deep-toned viol, and the golden trumpet’s blare,
And far hosannas from the innumerable caravan!
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[Illustration]
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[Illustration]
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OVER 95,000 SOLD.
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CARPENTER,
“LIBRARY ORGAN.” Containing the Celebrated Carpenter Organ Action.
Something Entirely New! The Æsthetic Taste Gratified! This is only
one of one hundred different styles of organs.
[Illustration]
This effective and beautiful design in the modern Queen Anne Style
is intended to meet the demands of those desiring an instrument of
special elegance, and in harmony with the fittings and furnishings
of the Study or Library Room, combining as it does, in a
substantial and tasteful manner, the Organ, the Library cases, and
the cabinet for bric-a-brac and articles of virtu.
It is well adapted to find favor in homes of culture and
refinement, and will be championed by the music lover and
connoisseur.
The composition is one of well balanced proportions, chaste
subordination of ornamentation, and of artistic arrangement in
constructive details, imparting to the design a rich simplicity and
substantial worth.
[Illustration: CARPENTER]
This beautiful organ contains the Celebrated Carpenter Organ
Action. The action is to an Organ what the works are to a watch.
The merits of the Carpenter Organ were fully proved on page 158 of
the _Youth’s Companion_ of April 20, to which special attention is
directed.
A beautiful 100-page Catalogue, the finest of its kind ever
published, is now ready and will be sent free to all applying for
it.
Nearly all reliable dealers sell the Carpenter Organs, but if any
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Address or call on E. P. CARPENTER, Worcester, Mass., U.S.A.
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[Illustration]
Estey Organ
J. Estey & Co Brattleboro Vt.
As musical culture increases it demands in musical instruments for
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SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE.
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[Illustration]
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THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
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AIM AND WORK.
To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with
the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its
main efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens
and Christians in America, and as missionaries in Africa. As
closely related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted
CHINESE in America, and to co-operate with the Government in its
humane and Christian policy toward the INDIANS. It has also a
mission in AFRICA.
STATISTICS.
CHURCHES: _In the South_--In District of Columbia, 1; Virginia,
1; North Carolina, 6; South Carolina, 2; Georgia, 13; Kentucky,
7; Tennessee, 4; Alabama, 14; Kansas, 1; Arkansas, 1; Louisiana,
18; Mississippi, 4; Texas, 6. _Africa_, 3. _Among the Indians_, 1.
Total, 82.
INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE
SOUTH.--_Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.;
Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans,
La., and Austin, Tex.--8. _Graded or Normal Schools_: Wilmington,
N.C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S.C.; Savannah, Macon, Atlanta, Ga.;
Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn.--11. _Other
Schools_, 35. Total, 54.
TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.--Among the Freedmen, 319;
among the Chinese, 28; among the Indians, 9; in Africa, 13. Total,
369. STUDENTS.--In theology, 104; law, 20; in college course, 91;
in other studies, 8,884. Total, 9,108. Scholars taught by former
pupils of our schools, estimated at 150,000. Indians under the care
of the Association, 13,000.
WANTS.
1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the
growing work. This increase can only be reached by _regular_ and
_larger_ contributions from the churches, the feeble as well as the
strong.
2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational institutions, to
accommodate the increasing numbers of students; MEETING HOUSES for
the new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and
pious, for these churches.
3. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers here and
missionaries to Africa--a pressing want.
Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A.
office as directed on second page cover.
THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
We are anxious to put the AMERICAN MISSIONARY on a paying basis. We
intend to make it worth its price, and we ask our patrons to aid us:
1. More of our readers can take pains to send us either the
moderate subscription price (50 cents), or $1.00, naming a friend
to whom we may send a second copy.
2. A special friend in each church can secure subscribers at
club-rates (12 copies for $5 or 25 copies for $10).
3. Business men can benefit themselves by advertising in a
periodical that has a circulation of 20,000 copies monthly and that
goes to many of the best men and families in the land. Will not our
friends aid us to make this plan a success?
We nevertheless renew the offer hitherto made, that the MISSIONARY
will be sent gratuitously, if desired, to the Missionaries of
the Association; to Life Members; to all Clergymen who take
up collections for the Association; to Superintendents of
Sabbath-schools; to College Libraries; to Theological Seminaries;
to Societies of Inquiry on Missions; and to every donor who does
not prefer to take it as a subscriber, and contributes in a year
not less than five dollars.
Subscriptions and advertisements should be sent to H. W. HUBBARD,
Treasurer, 56 Reade street, New York, N.Y.
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Transcriber’s Notes
Obvious printer’s punctuation errors and omissions corrected.
Inconsistent hyphenation retained due to the multiplicity of
authors.
Page number for Miss Sarah A. G. Stephen's Obituary corrected
in the Contents.
“Steet” changed to “Street” on the inside front cover. (56 Reade
Street)