Honorable mention must be made of the part Congregational churches bear in this work of regeneration. Too much time would be consumed in explaining the opposition they meet, or the great need of planting this little leaven that is already moving the mass of blind superstition. Suffice it to say, that one of the two denominations claiming the religious loyalty of the Freedmen insists that, once in Christ, a soul is forever safe, and can commit sin with impunity, because forgiveness frees from all restraints of the law. The other great body of believers is equally false in its explanations of truths held by followers of Whitefield and Wesley. These are the principal agencies operating for the redemption of the colored homes, and through them for the emancipation of Africa, latest called of nations, now stretching out imploring hands for the light, and health, and hope, streaming from the cross of Christ. I will not stop to detail incidents illustrating various phases of the one great plan, nor recount successes attained, nor introduce you to the homes—truly homelike in peace, purity and domestic love; or to the little centres of social influence, where refinement and virtue invite your respect and friendship. There are such homes and circles, although they are not sufficiently numerous to have the power in their communities that they deserve. Between the graduates of Atlanta or Fisk, and the toilers in cotton patch or rice swamp—between the better homes of Memphis or Charleston, and the cabins in piney woods or Louisiana glades—there is a great gulf, to be spanned only by the prayers and labors of Northern Christians. I have chosen not to paint prospects and aspirations of the dwellers _this_ side of that chasm; but rather to give you a glimpse of life beyond in the darkness, that you may comprehend in some degree the urgency of the need to chase away the clouds that obscure the light of hope and purity. I have thought it possible for women to do more than they have heretofore in distinct efforts for their own sex; that some new effort might be made to efficiently supplement the work of schools and churches.