Rev. Floyd Snelson, recently returned from the Mendi Mission, Africa, gave a very interesting sketch of the work among that people. Several of the (colored) churches of the city were supplied on Sunday by members of the Conference. There is little affiliation of the white churches. Mr. John R. McLean, a promising young man of pure negro blood, was ordained by a council as a closing exercise of the Conference--a very impressive service. Sermon by Rev. S. S. Ashley, of Atlanta; charge to the candidate, Rev. R. F. Markham, of Savannah; ordaining prayer, Rev. S. E. Lathrop, of Macon; right hand of fellowship, Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke, of Woodville. Congregationalism in the South is not a failure. The outlook is hopeful. The tendencies of our polity to induce intelligence and self-control are more and more observed, and the better classes of Southern people are coming out with more strongly pronounced words of commendation. Men and money, patience and prayer, wisdom and work, will elevate the black man to his proper place, surely, though it may be slowly.--_Advance._ * * * * * "There is Life in the Old Land Yet." JOHN M^CINTOSH, JR., LIBERTY CO., GA. I came to this place in October and undertook the work necessary to a successful beginning of my school duties. Several county free schools were in session on my arrival, and I deemed it wise to visit them and urge the patronage of my school, which I intended opening when the free schools were closed. I visited and witnessed the closing exercises of these schools, and was pleased with the progress made by some of them. The great scarcity of proper books and other school accommodations was quite manifest. Some of these schools had scholars sufficiently advanced for the Second or Third Readers, but did not have the means to purchase suitable books, and so the teachers kept them reading in the blue-back speller, and accomplished something. I succeeded in getting pupils to come to my school from one to ten miles away. I began teaching under the auspices of the American Missionary Association immediately at the close of the free schools, and the number of pupils and the interest in education increased rapidly. The number enrolled has been large, and the average attendance good. A most decided improvement has been made in punctuality and the general observance of school regulations and requirements. Many have paid something toward the education of their children, and quite a number something toward procuring proper books for their children. The school is prospering, the people are taking a proper view of things, and the workers are encouraged. May our sky continue bright. * * * * * Home Life Among the Negroes--An Incident. MRS. T. N. CHASE, ATLANTA.