Need I rehearse the grand motives which should incite us to sustain this noble society in its work? Are we patriots? Then let us take the darkened masses of our land for Protestantism, for if we do not they will be taken for Catholicism. I am not blind to the many elements of good in the Catholic church; but one fact stands out bold and prominent in her long history, viz.: that she is the foe of free institutions. To be such is the instinct of an irresponsible hierarchy. So long as the Negro was without the ballot, the Romish church paid little heed to him; but when she saw in his hand that white symbol of power, she went for him, for she takes the scent of power as quickly as the deerhound takes the tainted gale. Are we patriots? Then let us win the Freedmen to Protestantism and its liberty, if we would not have them won to the Papacy with its religious and political bondage. Need I mention that love of man which is a higher motive even than love of country, that philanthropy which is a nobler incentive than patriotism? Or need I mention that love and loyalty to Christ, which is a motive finer than love of country and loftier than love of man? Under the mighty and splendid impulsion of all these incentives, let us count it a privilege to give ourselves, with an ever fresh and ever constant enthusiasm, to the aid of this noble Association and its noble work. * * * * * A CENTENARIAN. Mrs. Betsy Averill, of New Preston, Conn., last May celebrated her centennial birthday. She is still living. As the Constitution was not adopted until September, 1787, she is older by a few months than the Republic. She lives in the house in which Horace Bushnell was born. Dr. Tyler was her pastor. Dr. Lyman Beecher she knew well, and Dr. Jeremiah Day, President of Yale College, was her personal friend. For more than eighty years she has been a faithful follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. She has been conspicuously the friend of missions, and her zeal in this direction is greater now than ever. She has been a contributor to the American Missionary Association ever since its formation in 1846. The Negro, Chinese and Indian have had in her a true friend. An Indian girl whom she helped to educate sent her a picture and congratulations on her centennial anniversary. The Connecticut Indian Association passed special resolutions of kind appreciation, which were presented to her on the same occasion.