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Front’ the Tennessee Baptist.
INDIAN MISSIONS.
Our denomination has three distinct mis
sion enterprises, beside other important
objects of benevolence, each worthy 01, ami
demanding, special attention. 1 regard
onr Home Mission enterprise as the most
important, both to our prosperity at home
and our efficiency abroad ; I shall there
fore say nothing to abate public
in Home Missions.
I was among the first who engaged ac
tively in co-operation with that great and
good man, Luther Rice, after his return
from India, to awaken a Fdreign Mission
spirit in the American churches; nor lias
my zeal for Foreign Missions abated by
the lapse of years. I shall therefore say
nothing to impair its claims upon the at
tention and liberality of the churches.
Tin-: Birlk Cause, especially as a depart
ment of our home mission work, is of par
amount importance, in my estimation ; ;
and I would be very far from saying any
thing that would lessen its importance in
the estimation of the churches, or to impair
its claims upon their attention and libe
rality. , . . • ,
Education, general and ministerial, am.
other departments of Christian enterprise
and benevolence, share in my solicitudes
and prayers; but the Indian Mission oc
cupies a peculiar place in my affections.
I think it lias jtevuliar drums upon the
American churches; and I think it has
been yreatly neglected, j f rmu my earnest
recollection, I have found myself specialty
inclined to fa cot’ thaw who were neglected
by others; and perhaps this constitutional
disposition may be one reason why I feel
special favor tor the Indian Mission enter
prise. Let that be as it may, howevci, I
wish to call special attention to it at tins
time; hoping that I shall be able to point
out the causes ol its present embarrass
ment, and the means by which it may be
revived.
Having been at the foundation <>t the
American Indian Mission Association, aim
for many years a member of its Board, I
may claim to have some acquaintance with
its history—successes and difficulties. I
do not. intend, however, to enter farther
upon its history than to say, that it has
had, from the very beginning, to make its
wav against nnpurallelled difficulties and
opposing influences: and yet, despite nt
them all, it has achieved results unparal
lelled in the history of missions; especially
when we take into consideration the diffi
culties with which it has had to contend.
Some have supposed that the Indian
Mission was unpopular; but this is not
true in the South, especially in
Alabama, and Mississippi. The cause ot
its declension cannot be ascribed to its
want of popularity in the South, especially
in the three States referred to above ; but
wholly to other causes, some of which I
shall point out. As I propose to speak of
those causes ot its present embarrassment,
which I think can be remedied, I pass over
all those embarrassments which grew out
of the opposition to its organization, from
the North, and the collision ot interests >t
the missionaries of the two societies in the
Indian country ; because all these difficul
ties have been, mainly, overcome. The
embarrassments with which it has had,
and still has, to contend, arising from
speculators, and the peculiar policy ot the
Government, in regard to the Indians, can
only be remedied in a progressive way,
and I, therefore, leave those also for a tu
tu re occasion.
The present specially embarrassed ton
fjtion of the mission, I regard as resulting
Wn>m the fact that the brethren of the Board
riii Louisville have had “too many irons in
the fire.” Tam if: f tube undecstotxl asme
fleeting in any possible way, cither upon
the zeal or intelligence, of the lomxcdle
sl)i’ (HljriMum “b ex
| brethren. The same result would have oc
curred anywhere, with any other brethren
where the same or similar causes operate,
It only goes to furnish another demonstra
| tion, to the many which have preceded it,
that no man or set of men, can successful
ly direct and manage two diverse interests ,
! either of which is sufficient to engage all
then’ zeal and energy.
The members of the Indian Mission
Board, are mostly of the Walnut Street
Church ; and although many of them were
members of the Board before that Church
was organized, and although they had even
greater difficulties to contend with, as a
Board, before they undertook to build their
large and splendid temple, than they have
had since; still they successfully conflicted
with those difficulties, and the mission was
I sustained, and even enlarged. The breth
ren, doubtless, felt quite as much interest
in the mission, after they undertook that
building as they did before ; but, they had
to divide their attention and time between
two great enterprises, either of which was
quite enough for all their skill and energy,
consequently the mission suffered. But
the building of their house of worship did
not engage their attention but for a limit
ed time, and when that was accomplished,
had no other interest supervened to divide
their attention, I doubt not, that their en
tire time and attention would have been
! devoted to the Indian Mission, and that
they would soon have restored it to pros
| peri tv, but just at this conjuncture, the
Board of the Revision Association was
located at Louisville, and, nearly the same
j brethren, especially the more active and
j influential, are members of both Boards.—
It is virtually one Board, managing these
two great interests, either of which is of
sufficient magnitude and importance to en
gage all the wisdom and energy of any
Board in any community. What else
; could be expected, but that One or both of
these interests should suffer l If these two
interests shared equally in the zeal and at
tention of the Board and community, I
hesitate not to say that they both suffered ;
hut if one interest was more popular with
the members of the Board, or Boards, and
tiie community, than the other, then the
result would be as in other cases—“the
big fish would eat up the little one.” The
most popular absorbs the less popular.
Now, I maintain, that no set of brethren, j
whether you call them one Board, or two I
Boards, are capable of managing success-j
fully these two important interests. Eitli- j
er of them is quite enough to engage the j
head and heart of any Board in the United j
States : and one or both interests mustsuf- |
so they are separated ! j
Either the Indian Mission Board, or the j
Revision Board, must be placed in other
hands. 1 repeat it—let no suspicious head
or heart, suppose that in this I am in any
way reflecting upon the brethren in Louis
ville. Far from it. I think it possible |
that they may he reflected on by many, as I
incompetent to the trust; and 1 am aim- :
ing to show that such a censure is unjust
—their error is, they have undertaken too
much. Matthew lias recorded a maxim of
onr Lord, which holds good everywhere
and in every department ot life: “No
MAX CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS.” It is im
possible to have our affections equally en
listed in behalf of two separate interests,
and be zealous in their behalf. A man
may be indifferent to either, bathe cannot
divide his soul equally between two objects,
each of which has claims upon the whole of
it. J\ r o Board can serve two greed interests!
What, makes the matter still mure un
favorable to the brethren at Louisville is,
that all the Boards of the State organiza
tions have been united in one, and that is
located at Louisville, and the brethren,
mainly, who are members of the other two
Boards?, are members of this State Board
also.
Now, I say fearlessly, that there is not
a set of men on earth, that can do justice
to all these Boards and the interests involv
ed. The brethren are doing themselves
essential wrong by undertaking so much
more than human strength and skill can
accomplish.
While at the Mississippi State Conven
tion, I learned from brethren there, that
the Board of Indian Missions had express
ed a wish, or willingness, to have the In
dian Missions transferred to the Home
Mission department of the Southern Con
vehtion ; a committee of the" Mississippi
Convention read a report, based <>n this
information, which will appear in their
minutes. Now I want it understood that
I am opposed to such a transfer; for the
very reasons stated above; that no Board
can possibly supervise and direct two such
interests. The Board at Marion has its
hands full already, and should the Indian
Mission be fojsted in upon them, it would
prove, inevitably, the death of either, the
Home, or the Indian Mission ; and I be
lieve that the Indian Mission would he
•crushed under the other.
One great drawback upon the Indian
Mission enterprise has been, and still is,
that it lias been isolated from our other
great benevolent enterprises, * and conse
quently its anniversaries have been but
thinly attended; end its influence upon
the localities, where its anniversaries have
been held, lias been to leave the impression
that it was a small and unimportant affair.
Now to remedy all these evils, I pro
pose that the'Southern Convention take
j the Indian Mission under its care, just as
Penfield,. Georgia, Thursday, .human 25, 1855.
j the Hume and Foreign Missions and the j
| Bible cause are, and that unsuitable Board j
at a suitable location, be appointed by the ;
I Convention, as in the case of the three
! Boards above mentioned; and that it be ;
: identified with onr Southern organizations.
I write this article in time to be trans
ferred to other Southern journals, if im
proved, so that if the members of the In
! dian Mission Association concur in this
plan, an arrangement may be made at the
i ensuing meeting of the Convention, in
I May next. WM. C. BUCK. 1
Columbus, Miss., Jan. 1, 1855.
CHRIST OUR EXAMPLE.
The archer who shoots at the sun, will
j send his arrow higher than he who aims at
! tlie pinnacle of the loftiest spire. So the
Christian who imitates his Master, will at
tain a higher degree of holines than he who
follows his Saviour by sedulously repeat
ing the footsteps of some favored disciple.
One of the most affecting mysteries in
j the character of our blessed Lord, is that
I adorable combination of natures which in-
I vites us to worship him as our God, and at
| the same time to love and confide in Him
|as our “Elder Brother!” O mystery, sub
| lime and consoling! Our Saviour is too
high, in majesty, for us to forget tiiat he is
King—and yet he is too near for us to for
get that he is bone of our bone and flesh of
our flesh.
Did it please the Redeemer to walk our
streets as he did those of Jerusalem, could
our eyes behold his human form and match
less face, could we hear the voice of Him
who spake as never man spake, with what
emotions of awe, of love unspeakable, of
rapt admiration, would we stand by
side and follow his steps whithersoever he
should go 1
Suppose, under such circumstances, “the
Lamb slain from the foundation or the
world,” were to turn to you, Christian
reader, call you by your name, take you
familiarly by the hand and converse with
you with that divine tenderness and pow
er which knit tho affections of his disci
ples to him, and caused their hearts to
burn as he talked with them on the wal
My friend, wlmt would be your feelings?
Ah, your tongue would in vain strive to
litter the big emotions of your heart; your
eyes would overflow with happy tears, and
grateful and irrepressible affection would
well up from the deepest -fountain of your
nature. With wlmt grtttrfied -humility -
would you, “a creature of yesterday,” lis
ten to the words of your incarnate God! —
Earthly honors would be despicable in your
eves, earthly loves weak and unsatisfying
in comparison with the unspeakable honor
and the fathomless love bestowed upon
you. You would emulate Enoch in your
sanctified ambition to walk with God; and
the happy days of paradisaical privilege
would seem to be revived when Jehovah
talked face to face with his favorite crea
ture. Nay, it would be more; you would
not fail to*remember that the eyes which
now regard with such divine compassion,
once closed in the agony of death for your
sake, that the voice which now tails lively
upon your ear, once cried for you, the bit
ter cry, “My God, my God, why hast thou
forsaken me;” that the hand Which now
presses yours in the.token off friendship,
was once pierced by nails, by which lie
was suspended fur you on I he accursed tree.
These recollections would give to your grat
itude and love, an ardour and vehement
strength which no being hut your Sariour
could excite.
Suppose, then, the Saviour were to ask
of you the question once addressed to Pi -
ter, turning his eyes upon you and naming
you distinctly, “Lovest thou me?” 0
Christian, would you not fall down before
that “Sovereign of your heart” and ex
claim with unaffected fervor, “Lord thou
knowost that 1 10-e thee?” And should
the Lord then say, “Take up thy cross and
follow me,” could you hesitate, would you
ask to go first and bury vour dead ? Would
your heart be divided between this sinful,
perishing world, and your Saviour, God
evidently set before you in his divine glo
ry and human perfection? 1 trow not; you
would gla ly exclaim :
“Jesus! 1 my cross have taken,
All to leave and follow thee:
Naked, poor, despised, forsaken;
Thou from hence my all shall be.”
No one who saw you would doubt, the
faithfulness and sincerity of your love. To
be the companion of the veiled . King of
Glory, you would cast behind yon the so
ciety of princes and the converse of sages.
To be near his divine person, yen would
forsake, it need be, the mother who bore
you, or the partner <d your life; you would
drink in eagerly the lessons ofsublime vir
tue which would flow from his lips; you
would imitate zealously his kind and win
ning deportment, and would prove vour
devotion to his interest, and your recep
tion of his principles, by proclaiming to
men wherever you went,the greatness and
goodness of your Master, and would not;
tail to commend those qualities to their j
minds by the reflected light which would j
shine forth in your conversation and life.
To be separated from the‘Saviour would
be to you tlie'koeuest grief, nor would you
rest until you had regained “that blessed j
station” by his side, or at least the more J
modest position, behind him, following the
footsteps and keeping always in sight of
Him, who would be tb.e light and the “life
of your soul.
THE TRUTH IN LOVE.
Christian reader! would not this be so?
It indeed would. To be the companion of
a Seraph or an Archangel would be an
honor so replete with glory and blessing
that the inimi (‘rtuiiot grasp its reality or
vits consequences; but to be the companion
and friend of Jesus, of the Christ , of the
Almighty Cod, is a thought which even
the “Seraph who burns in the sun,” can
not entertain, 60 ineffably bright and hojy
is the privilege.. But, Christian, what wo
have spoken of as a supposition, is a real
r iiy. The union of the true believer with
Cluist, is a glorious mystery which can
.never be understood until we stand before
the throne in heaveirr The faithful are
one with Christ —they shall sit with Him
on his throne; the propriety of God in
Christ is declared to lie the same of Christ
in his people, “whether the world, or life,
or death, or tilings present, or things to
come, all are yours and ye are Christ's,
and Christ is God's.
My friend,'the only difference between
the supposition we have made, (i. e. of
Christ’s material presence) and the reality,
(i. e. his spiritual presence) is in the me
dium through which we apprehend the Sa
viour. The Redeemer is really and truly
present, with each of his people by the Spir
it, and in passing, let. us say that some fail
to appreciate this great truth by an in
distinct imagination that the Spirit is an
agent foreign to Christ; that although re
lated, they are separable. Now the truth
is that they are distinct agents, but evi
dently oiie/in essence and nature; Christ
and the Spirit are one God. Therefore, if
the Spirit of Christ is present with us, Christ
himself, n<>t in propria persona}, but in fact
and in his power, is present with onr souls.
In proportion as tins divine presence is
apprehended, so far lias the disciple ad
vanced in bis imitation of Christ; and as
the sense of the Saviour’s nearness in
creases, and solemnizes while it elevates
the soul,'so is the believer assured that he
is truly following his Lord and successful
ly copying liis example.
The eye by which the Saviour becomes
visible to us is faith, and no organ is more
improved by .exercise. One clear enrap
turing view of the Saviour iu his character
as Mediator, standing between vengeance
and our souls, as our Priest who at once
was sacrifice and saeriticcr for us, and ever
livetb to make intercessions for his people;
—one such view begets a longing desire,
which turns away unsatisfied from the
broken cisterns of earth, and pants again
to drink of that living stream which flows
from the throne of-God. The believer ele
vated, but not intoxicated by the draught,
begins to catch the Saviour, begins to feel
that heavenly mindedness should be the
master spirit of bis life. His purged eye
steadfastly regards the Saviour as his pat
tern, his great example. “Let me live like
Christ,” is his language, “and so will I die
in Him.”— Southern Episcopalian .
IMPROVEMENT IN CHURCH MUSIC.
Singing constitutes an important part of
public worship. That it should be engaged
in by the whole congregation, is a position I
pretty generally maintained in our church.';
Some, of popisii tendencies, may wish this ;
part of the worship reserved for the special ■
edi flea lion of the choir,, but with such it is !
not ni.v purpose to enter into an argument. ;
The mass of the truly pious will always j
wish all who can, to join in t lie praise? of j
God’s house. But whilst this is maintain- i
ed, it is at the same time the general sen- j
timent of our churches that choirs should I
lead the music. Experience has shown, :
that a choir not only does not interfere !
with congregational singing, but really pro
motes it. If any one doubts this, let him
compare all the congregations within his
knowledge, where the singing is led by a :
single individual, the minister perhaps, |
with those that have a choir, and he will i
find, I doubt not, that the singing is both
better, and is joined in by more of the eon- :
gregation, among the latter Hass, than
among the former.
But in churches both with and without
choirs, there is far less congregational sing- j
ing than is desirable. And if singing be*a
part of the worship that must be maintain- ;
ed, is it not the duty of every Christian, j
even at the expense of time and pains, to i
do what he can to remedy the evil ? On
this subject 1 wish to make some sugges
tions That the plan I propose will not
cost some inconvenience on the part of
many, Ldo not promise; for we rarely ob
tain tor nothing anything worth possessing.
But I trust the end will be felt to be worth !
the time and trouble necessary to its ne- :
complishinent.
It. must be admitted that it is impossible
to sing in church, with that harmony es
sential to the end of singing, the promo
motion of devotional feeling, without pre j
vious practice. The choir, in particular,
needs it; and the same is desirable for the •
congregation. What. I propose to meet
this necessity—and the proposition Ithinjc
will suit both the churches with choirs and j
those without—is to hold meetings for
singing in the congregation as frequently |
as practicable, say once a fortnight. Let j
it be understood that any of the eongrega- (
tion who wish to sing, and particularly the
younger members, are desired to attend. —
The chorister should have control of the j
singing, and the choir, when there is one,
be expected to do their part. But let-oth- |
er singers, whether they tjng by note or
not, join with them, till they learn the
tunes sung, well enough to praise God de-’
cMitly in his house. The leader, too,-
might give instruction in music, especially
for the benefit of tho young, for unless
children arg taught to sing, we cannot ex
pect to keep up.good singing either in the
choir or in the congregation. The objection
to leaving the improvement of our church
music wholly to singing schools, is that
they are not permanent, and never attend
ed by any considerable portion4*ff*he con
gregation. But if there be no uiie in the
church capable of giviifg the necessary in
struction, the services of a tnSSic teacher
should by all means be engaged, till the
choir, or class, becomes independent of
him.
These meetings should, I think, general
ly be held in private bouses throughout
the congregation. This is particularly de
sirable in the country, where there is no
public room but the large church, often
cold in winter, looking gloomy at night
when only half lighted, and under the
most favorable circumstances cheerless and
forbidding to a small assembly. Besides
the advantage derived from the singing,
this would be a pleasant, sociable way for
the young, er even those who are not in- j
eluded in this wide class, to spend an oc
casional evening together. And the hos
pitable householdss would not fail to find
pleasure in accommodating them. Somo- i
tiling of this social feature, both in town ;
and country, is necessary to keep up the j
interest in these meetings ; for experience
has shown how soon, without it, any sing
ing association < ies away.
ffhe scheme I believe a practical one.
even for our most scattered country con
gregations. It may not be desirable to
continue the meetings throughout the year.
The bad weather of winter, the excessive
heat of suminer, a particularly busy season
with those who attend, or a lack of inter
est in the meetings, may either of them
render it desirable to discontinue them for
a time. But let this bo done formally, be
fore the association dies a natural death,
and there will be no difficulty in resuming
at the appointed time.— -Due West Tele.
A WORD TO THE SORROWFUL.
“It is good for me that I have been afflicted.”
Why am I thus triedJ Tho question is
constantly being asked by one and another.
Affliction in the present tense is scarce ever
recognized as a good. As in the wrench
of au operation, the nerves of a patient are
distracted and the whole of the vital force
is used up in mere endurance, so in afflic
tion.
Often the soul revolts and rebels under
it; its immediate effect seems to bo to in
crease our spiritual maladies. Parsons of
ten say under severe trials, l used to think
I had some self-control, some patience,
some good temper. I thought I had to
a good degree overcome selfishness and i
pride, but these harrassnients and trials
seein to upset all. And accordingly a
person, when passing through period? of
severe trials, often seems to be growing
worse, to be becoming bard and irritable
and unlovely. A writer has said, it is n#,
while the storm is driving the ship on the
beach that we go out to look for treasures,
but when the storm is laid and tho sun
shines out clear, we find the jewels and
precious stones which the sea has cast upon
the beach. Often iu the height of an afflic
tion all comfort is vain, as medicaments
in the fury of some diseases. The soul
must spend itself, the storm must pass
away. It may be months, it may be years :
before the soul can come to herself enough
to look back ami say “it is good for me
that I have been afflicted.” Nor is the
good of affliction often perceivable as the
result of one paroxysm, but rather as the
aggregate of several. The mechanic who
would bring out. the clouds and veins of a
precious wood seems to harrass and torture
it in many ways, and if the wood was a
sentient creature it might well complain as
the saw and plane and rude pumice stone
pass successively over it, and each varnislu
is scraped ami rubbed—-nor till the last
touch has been given doe 6 one see the full
result. So of afflictions. Some are like
the strokes of the axe and hammer, split
ting and rending the heart of the soul;
others are wearing, and long-continued,
like the slow work of the file and the pol
ishing brush, and very seldom, under tho
process, does the soul recognize their use;
but after long years,'softened melody of
spirit is produced as the result of all.
One tiling is remarkable of afflictions,
and that is that almost every sou! feels it
self stricken in the precise points where it
is least able to bear. Oh, were it anything
but this—l could bear any thing else, are
the most frequent, exclamations of the hour
of sorrow. We would bear very com
posedlv a superstitious affliction—an afflic
tion so called, against which our peculiar
jtemperament so fortifies ua that to ns it is no
affliction. But when Omniscience puts
forth its hand and touches that vital point,
known to God alone, where each is most
sensitive that is real affliction, and the
soul shivers under it. We wo Id change
onr afflictions for this or that—God secs
that this and this only can fcervo his pur
pose Could a diamond speak, when the
lapidary is leasurely filing away its glitter
ing particles and vexing it with weary
frictions and polishing, it might sav: I
could bear a good hammer stroke, but. Ob, ;
this is wearing my very soul away. Nev ;
ertheless the artisan knows that it is not !
J. T. BLAIN, Printer.
the hammer but the weary polish that'th’i.t*
• diamond must have to make it glitterruy
ally at least in a diadem. Such are some
of the most common, least valuable of our
afflictions—a slow.* wearing, heart-eating
process—an affliction oftentimes knoWn and*
recognized as such by G<d win. orders it,
•and who knows the precise moment when
• it is possible to let it cease.
Then let the soul deeply engrave in its
belief this answer to its offt-reenring ques
tion, Why am I thus tried? Because this
a fjltctkm and none other could save thee.
The great Father is an economist iu all his
lavish profusion offriches, but of nothing is
bo more saving than of the Borro'rrw~s>f4*r” -
beloved—not one tear too much—not one
sigh, not one uneasiness or anxiety too
much is the lot of the meanest of his
ch ose n— lndependent.
—.
BAP. STATE CONVENTION OF ALABAMA.
THE MONUMENT TO HARRY.
At the recent meeting of the* Alabama *
Baptist State Convention, a resolution was
passed and money contributed with mark
ed enthusiasm, to erect a monument in the
burying ground at Marion over the grave
ot Harry, a colored man, formerly belong
ing to President Talbird of Howard Col
lege.
i While the subject was under considera-
I however, one of the students of the
College gave notice that the students had
a. read j made arrangementH themselves to
erect such a monument, and it was, there
fore, determined that it should be done
jointly by the Convention and the students.
Harry lost bis life in attempting to awa
ke‘n and rescue the young gentlemen who
slept in the Collegeat the time of the fire.
He and another servant were asleep in the
second story. They awaked before the
flames had made much progress. His fel
low servant proposed to escape at once bv
leaping from a window, which they could
do from the second story, without much
danger. Harry refused, and said he must
go up stairs and awaken the students who
would otherwise, perish'. His fellow ser
| vant saved himself, and Harry undertook
i fho heroic task the vonng men.
It would seem that he must have rushed
up the burning stair-case through the very
flames. By his shrieks and screams and
yells of agony he startled the sleepers from
what would otherwise have been, to 6ome,
at least, the sleep of death; and then ran
torn window and sprang to the ground, eall
ing most piteously on his master —for the
poor fellow had burnt offhim every thread
ofhis clothing and erven his skin from his
head to his feet. In this pitiable condition
he lived in the greatest conceivable agony
for about twelve hours, when death happi
ly ended his sufferings and introduced him
into the presence ofhis Savionr—for Har
ry was a Christian, and had given most sat
isfactory evidence of his condition as such
for many months.
Such a deafii deserves to be commemo
rated, and we hope that Harry’s name will
not only be preserved in the memory of
admiring and gratefulliearts dnd engraved
upon the monument proposed, but that it
with the names of those four who were in
strumental in rescuing young Talbert, whom
I mentioned in my last, be inscribed upon
a block of marble and built, into the wall of
the new edifice, which the}* are about to
erect, in the place of that which was so sud
denly destroyed
RE-BUILDING Oy HOWARD COLLEGE.
Terrible as was the blow which laid the
Howard in ruins, it may, in the end, prove
to have been a blessing to the institution.
It will rise ugain like the Phoenix from its
ashes with a more vigorous life. It is but
a few weeks since it was burnt, and al
ready, at the meeting of the t onvention,
over twenty-five thousand dollars were re
ported as having been contributed to re
build it; and a plan is on foot to secure for
it an ample endowment. The Alabama
Baptists love their College. They regard
it as a great nursery for good men, where
they are trained for high employments
and widely extended usefulness. Some of
its Alumni are already among the most
efficient ministers of Jesus Christ in their
State. The brethren re fc not disheartened*
on the contrary their hopes seem to be
higher, their resolutions stronger, and their
purses often tcide e, for the Howard than
ever before. Another and more eligible
lot has been secured. The plan of a Iniild
fug on a much larger scale and much more
conveniently arranged, has been adopted
and probably by this time the walls are
going up. Next session they will have
airangements every way superior what
they have ever had to.accommodate the stu
dents and facilitate their studies. In the
meantime the exercises have not been dis
continued, but the classes recite in the
church and other places, with the same
regularity as before the fire.
There are twelve students of Theology
under the special Supervision and instruc-*
tion of President T*lbird. We hope in
another year this number may be doubled.
An educated ministry rs now’ the great'ery
of our churches—such a ministry will be
generously sustained by the churches—but
le.t it be remembered that an educated
ministry must first jbe supplied from tho
churches. The churches inpst educate
| own menders. We want men, born
and raised here in our midsf, whom we
I know and who know ns—but we want
ViHiiher 4.