The American Missionary — Volume 32, No. 03, March, 1878

The American Missionary — Volume 32, No. 03, March, 1878

may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when more convenient, to either of the branch offices, 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., 112 West Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. Drafts or checks sent to Mr. Hubbard should be made payable to his order as Assistant Treasurer. By the brief extracts, given on another page, from recent letters of our African missionaries, it appears that they were at last accounts in good health and heart, and hard at work re-organizing the church and schools, repairing buildings, and laying foundations for future work. The death of Rev. Barnabas Root had left the mission without a minister, so that its higher work had been greatly interrupted. To keep the numbers good, and the working force equal to the necessities of the case, it has seemed both to those recently sent out, and to the Executive Committee, that there should be a speedy addition to the Missionary band. It has been the experience of other organizations as well as our own, that missionary work suffers by nothing more than by having too few workers in a place. We hope, therefore, before this number of our Magazine reaches its readers, that two more good men, with their wives, will be on their way to join the Mendi Mission. Albert Miller and Andrew Jackson have offered themselves, in response to a general call read at the Fisk University by Prof. Spence. The former is a preacher who has nearly completed the collegiate course, the latter a teacher just finishing the normal course, and each will be accompanied by a good wife, able to sing and teach: (one of them was formerly with the Jubilee Singers.) ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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