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We congratulate the American Home Missionary Society that it closes
its year, not having realized its fears even if it has not absolutely
compassed all its hopes. We are grateful, for its success. Our
congratulations also are hearty that our great Foreign Missionary
Society, the A.B.C.F.M., reports itself at the end of its fiscal
half-year $78,000 in advance of what was received for the same period
last year.

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But do not forget the great work which the churches have put upon us.
See nearly eight millions who went from barbarism into slavery, and
from slavery came out the poorest of the poor, the most ignorant of
the ignorant, the most dependent of the dependent, without true
religion and with no opportunity to know what true religion is unless
we tell them. Africa is in America, China is in America, the barbarous
heathen Indian is in America, and two millions of white people in the
mountain region in four hundred counties, where ignorance is solid,
are in America. These all look to the American Missionary Association.
Will it not be our turn next to receive from the churches their
increasing Godspeed on this work in such measure that we may carry the
truth and the life to those who ought to have it.

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The Connecticut Normal Industrial School previous to the brief spring
vacation was visited by many northern friends at Thomasville, Ga.,
upon the occasion of its closing exercises. The _Thomasville Times_
calls sympathetic {119} attention to the work and adds "That the boys
and girls are being carefully taught and trained will be apparent to
any one who will go to the Institution and see its workings. The
attendance has averaged over two hundred." Thomasville is not far
removed from Quitman geographically but, in point of intelligent
regard for its own interests and the interests of the Negro, the
distance is incalculable. As Joseph said to his brethren, we can say
to the school incendiaries of Quitman, "Ye meant it for evil but the
Lord meant it for good."

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An attractive and interesting four-paged weekly journal called the
_Chinese Evangelist_ comes to us. It is the first number of a
curiosity in the way of a newspaper, being printed half in the English
and half in the Chinese language. Its editor is Mr. J.S. Harper, son
of Rev. A.F. Harper, of Canton College, and the manager is Guy Maine,
a Ch