The American Missionary — Volume 32, No. 05, May, 1878 — John Shaqi
The American Missionary — Volume 32, No. 05, May, 1878Various
Religion
The American Missionary — Volume 32, No. 05, May, 1878
Various
Congregational churches -- Missions -- Periodicals; Home missions -- Periodicals
The facts given in this number of the MISSIONARY, and
those of the past few months, show some of the wants which crowd
upon us continually. A new and commodious building must be erected
at Tougaloo, Miss., to accommodate the overflow of students, whose
beds have crowded into recitation rooms and out-buildings, and who
are now sheltered in temporary barracks of rough boards. A new
building is greatly needed at Atlanta, to accommodate its enlarged
work, and to meet the just expectations of the State Legislature,
which has granted it $8,000 a year, for several years, for current
expenses. The finishing of the church at Golding’s Grove, and the
enlargement of the school building there, are absolute necessities.
These are but specimens of the claims of this sort pressing upon
us. Added to these, is the imperative demand for the extension of
our church work in new and promising fields, stretching down to
the farthest limits of Texas. The enlarged African work is making
increasing demands upon our treasury. Besides all this, the three
coming months will witness the return of our Southern workers, when
the payment of their last bills and traveling expenses must be met.
With such an outlook before us, we are compelled, while uttering
our gratitude for the liberality of our friends, to entreat them
not to forget the pressing wants near at hand.
* * * * *
OUR NEW CARTRIDGES.
We have prepared with much care, and have in hand, a series of
pamphlets, to which we desire to attract the attention of our
readers.
No. 1 is a brief history of the origin and growth of the A. M. A.
It is contained in sixteen pages; shows the Providential opening
up of the work on this side and on that, and serves to answer many
questions—_e.g._, how we came to have a mission in Africa—many
of our friends, even, being ignorant of the fact that this was our
first work, and that we have a permanent fund set apart by its
donor for this very purpose. The same is shown to be true, in part,
as to the work among the Indians and Chinamen; while the demands of
the freedmen, and the opportunities after emancipation, are their
own vindication in the statement of the facts.
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