The American Missionary — Volume 32, No. 06, June, 1878Various
Religion
The American Missionary — Volume 32, No. 06, June, 1878
Various
Congregational churches -- Missions -- Periodicals; Home missions -- Periodicals
“By their fruits ye shall know them.” But is this all that Avery
has done? No! Her influence has pervaded the homes of hundreds,
and the lives of thousands. Her light has shone in every quarter
of the State; and other lands are destined to share in her
gifts, for the good ship Azor is carrying three of her pupils to
“Africa’s sunny fountains.”
The questions are often asked: “What per cent. of your school is
brown?” “Don’t the browns receive instruction more readily than
the blacks?” The query, in the minds of so many, has led to an
actual count of the graduates with regard to color, which gives:
_Black_, 19; _brown_, 55; _fair_, 12. But, “the Lord is the maker
of them all;” nor is He “a respecter of persons.” We sow “beside
all waters.” “What shall the harvest be?”
* * * * *
GEORGIA.
Pilgrim Church and Sunday-School—Band of Hope—Twichell School.
REV. JOHN H. H. SENGSTACKE, WOODVILLE.
This small settlement of colored people is situated three miles
west of Savannah, Ga. It was bought by a Northern agent, and
divided into half-acre lots, which are now selling, on the
instalment plan, for seventy-five dollars each. The houses are
very small and uncomfortable; but since the American Missionary
Association has erected a new meeting-house and parsonage, the
people have commenced to put up better dwellings, and a strong
love for home comforts is gradually taking hold upon the masses.
The inhabitants of Woodville obtain a living by selling in the
city market, or laboring in gardens and on rice plantations. In
this settlement there are two groceries, and three on its border,
where strong drink is sold, even on the Lord’s day.
The only house of worship in this place is the Pilgrim
Congregational Church. This church was organized in 1871 as the
Woodville Church, and re-organized in 1875 as the Pilgrim Church.
A new site was chosen, and the present meeting-house was erected
in the same year. This church has been a great blessing to the
people. A deep religious feeling has prevailed in our midst, and
many have become savingly acquainted with the Lord Jesus Christ.
Rev. Mr. Markham is deeply interested in this little church,
and a great assistant to the young pastor in charge. A revival
is still in progress; twenty persons have been recently added
to the church, and seven are waiting to be received at the next
Communion.
The Sabbath-school is prospering. We have no well qualified
teachers as yet, but Twichell School is preparing instructors for
this work. We need lesson papers and other papers. Who will help
us in this direction? Our Band of Hope consists of both adults
and children. This society is working hard to save men from a
drunkard’s grave, and hell. It has much opposition to overcome.
The rum-sellers and whisky-drinking church-people are its worst
enemies.
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