The American Missionary — Volume 35, No. 10, October, 1881Various
Religion
The American Missionary — Volume 35, No. 10, October, 1881
Various
Congregational churches -- Missions -- Periodicals; Home missions -- Periodicals
The work among the refugees in Kansas by the different agencies has
been carried forward with energy and success. According to the best
estimates there are upwards of 50,000 colored people in that State, and
the number is steadily increasing. The reports from our missionaries
are favorable, and indicate that much is to be done and that the
refugees are eager for the needed assistance. The interest taken in
behalf of the exodites by the English people is worthy of the imitation
of American philanthropists. During the last few months, friends in
Great Britain have sent to Mrs. Comstock for the Freedmen’s Relief
Association, $25,000 worth of supplies, consisting of wearing apparel,
household goods and kitchen utensils. There has also been received
from England during the last fifteen months $13,000 in money, making
a total amount of $80,000 for the treasury of the Relief Association;
two-thirds of this is said to have been given by the English people.
Our appeal, published some months since, for $2,500 to provide for the
work we have recently inaugurated in Kansas, has not yet met with such
response as we hoped to receive. When so much is being done by friends
abroad for this needy class of colored people, we believe the patrons
of the American Missionary Association would not have us do less
for the Kansas field than we have already undertaken. Will they not
contribute so liberally for this special object that we shall be able
to do a great deal more?
* * * * *
We clip from the New York _Tribune_ a paragraph relating to the work
of the American Missionary Association in the South. It comes from the
pen of a special correspondent, who, as the editorial in the _Tribune_
says, “has already written with great intelligence and fairness of the
South and the Southern people.”
SUCCESS OF COLORED TEACHERS.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account