The local Committee of Arrangements, representing each Congregational Church in the city, has already at a preliminary meeting decided to hold the meetings in the First Congregational Church (Rev. E. P. Goodwin, D. D., Pastor), which has been offered with most cordial unanimity for the use of the Anniversary. The sermon will be preached by the Rev. Richard S. Storrs, D.D., of the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, N. Y. Further announcements of arrangements and programme will be made later. * * * * * YESTERDAY’S WORK. We point to the record of results of our work among the Freedmen during the last fifteen years, as indicating a degree of progress and an amount of fruitage rarely equaled in the same length of time. We base our claims for generous gifts, now and in the years to come, upon this showing, confident that this is the best argument we can make. Is it too much to claim to have been faithful over a few things, or to ask that we be trusted with what may be needful for the many which are at hand? TO-MORROW’S WANT. Looking ahead, we see that the coming claims upon us must be greater than those of the past. The signs of the times indicate that the Lord’s work is to be done upon a larger scale in the near future; the progress, made and making, in our schools, and the call for enlargement in our church work, will make increasing demands upon us, until the time shall come when they shall be more largely self-supporting than it is possible for them to be now. We have done much—we are doing more—we must expect to do a still greater work. Give us the means, and plan large things for us in the days to come. * * * * * ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT. We invite special attention to this department, of which our low rates and large circulation make its pages specially valuable. Our readers are among the best in the country, having an established character for integrity and thrift that constitutes them valued customers in all departments of business. To Advertisers using display type and cuts, who are accustomed to the “RULES” of the best Newspapers, requiring “DOUBLE RATES” for these “LUXURIES,” our wide pages, fine paper, and superior printing, with =no extra charge for cuts=, are advantages readily appreciated, and which add greatly to the appearance and effect of business announcements. Gratified with the substantial success of this department, we solicit orders from all who have unexceptionable wares to advertise. Advertisements must be received by the TENTH of the month, in order to secure insertion in the following number. All communications in relation to advertising should be addressed to J. H. DENISON, Adv’g Agent, 56 Reade Street, New York. * * * * *