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ANNUAL MEETING,
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An Address by Rev. J. D. Fulton,
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SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
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Presented in Washington, D. C…, May 1, 1868.
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INDEX.
Page.
OFFICERS OF THE INSTITUTE,
ANNUAL MEETING,
Address of THE PRESIDent,
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Our Plan,.
Teachings of History,
Our duty imperative, .
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
Agencies,
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Receipts,
Expenditures,
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Schools of the Institute,
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Washington,
Richmond,
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St. Helena,
Augusta,
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Special Courses of Instruction,
The Work before us,
OBITUARY NOTICES,
REPORT OF THE TREASurer,
MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE,
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Washington, D. e.
National Theological Institute and University
PROCEEDINGS
AT THE
ANNUAL MEETING,
AND
An Address by Rev. J. D. Fulton,
WITH THE
SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
Presented in Washington, D. C., May 1, 1868.
BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
1868.
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Officers of the Institute.
President,
REV. JUSTIN D. FULTON.
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Vice Presidents,
REV. WILLIAM HAGUE, D. D.
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WM. R. WILLIAMS, D. D.
REUBEN JEFFREY, D. D.
JOSEPH BANVARD, D. D.
N. RAVLIN,
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C. D. W. BRIDGMAN,
HON. IRA HARRIS,
REV. LUCIAN HAYDEN, D. D.
G. C. BALDWIN, D. D.
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D. E. BAPTISTE,
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E. J. GOODSPEED,
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R. L. PERRY,
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H. R. GALLagher.
Corresponding Secretary,
REV. SOLOMON PECK, D. D.
Recording Secretary,
REV. SAMUEL W. FOLJAMBE.
Treasurer,
J. W. CONVERSE, ESQ.
BOARD OF MANAGERS.
First Class.
Rev. P. S. Henson, Philadelphia.
C. B. Lane, Esq., Boston, Mass.
Rev. E. M. Levy, D. D., Newark, N.J.
Rev. Robert Lowry, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Rev. T. S. Malcom, Philadelphia.
O. M. Wentworth, Esq., Boston.
Rev. Fields Cook, Richmond, Va.
C. D. Middlebrook, Esq., Oswego,
N. Y.
Rev. T. D. Miller, Philadelphia.
Moses W. Pond, Esq., Boston.
Augustus Thomas, Esq., Philadelphia.
Rev. I. Westcott, D. D., New York.
Second Class.
N. Boynton, Esq., Boston, Mass.
Rev. H. C. Townley, Woburn, Mass.
G. C. Goodwin, Esq., Charlestown, “
Rev. S. W. Foljambe, Boston.
Rev. N. Colver, D. D. Chicago, Ill.
Charles F. Parker, Esq., Boston.
J. A. Locke, Esq., Watertown, Mass.
J. E. Daniels, Esq., Boston,
Rev. E. E. Cummings, D. D., Con-
cord, N. H.
Rev. A. D. Gillette, D. D., Washing-
ton, D. C.
L. Thompson, Esq., Albany, N. Y.
Rev. A. Pollard, D.D., Taunton, Mass.
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Third Class.
Rev. W. H. Brisbane, M. D., Port | Rev. O. T. Walker, Boston.
Royal, S. C.
Rev. J. N. Brown, D. D., Philadelphia.
Rev. T. W. Conway, New York.
Rev. James Cooper, Philadelphia.
L. Millis, Esq., Boston, Mass.
Rev. W. T. Dixon, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Rev. D. C. Eddy, D. D., Boston.
Rev. J. D. Fulton, Boston.
Rev. A. J. Sage, Philadelphia.
Rev. S. J. Knapp, New York.
Executive Committee.
Chairman, Rev. WM. HAGUE, D. D.
Rev. J. D. Fulton,
Rev. S. PECK, D. D.
Rev. S. W. FOLJAMBE,
J. W. CONVERSE, Esq.
Rev. L. A. GRIMES,
H. BEARD, Esq.
Rev. J. W. PARKER, D. D.
Z. RICHARDS, Esq.
Rev. D. W. ANDERSON,
Rev. R. H. NEALE, D. D.
Rev. W. V. Garner,
MOSES W. POND, Esq.
Rev. E. H. GRAY, D. D.
The Executive Committee hold their stated meetings in Room 11,
Tremont Temple, Boston.
Communications relative to the Institute, may be addressed to the Cor-
responding Secretary, Rev. S. PECK, D. D.
Remittances of moneys or goods should be sent to the Treasurer, James
W. CONVERSE, Esq.
Post Office address in all cases, No 11, Tremont Temple, Boston.
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ANNUAL MEETING.
WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 30, 1868.
Pursuant to appointment, the NATIONAL THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
AND UNIVERSITY met in the E Street Baptist Church, at Washington,
D. C., April 30, 1868, at 10 o'clock, A. M.
Rev. JUSTIN D. FULTON, of Massachusetts, President, took the chair.
After other devotional exercises, prayer was offered by Rev. T. R.
HOWLETT, of Washington.
The Recording Secretary not being present, Rev. S. W. FOLJAMBE,
of Massachusetts, was chosen Secretary pro tem.
A Committee of Arrangements was appointed, consisting of Rev.
E. H. GRAY, D. D., and H. BEARD, Esq., of Washington, and Rev.
G. W. GARDNER, D. D., of Massachusetts.
The following Committee on Enrolment was appointed :-J. W.
CONVERSE, Esq., Rev. L. A. GRIMES, of Massachusetts, and Z. RICH-
ARDS, Esq., of Washington.
Rev. G. W. GARDNER, D. D., Rev. W. V. GARNER, of Massachu-
setts, and Rev. J. SPENCER KENNARD, of Pennsylvania, were appointed
a Committee on Obituaries.
A Committee on Nominations was appointed, consisting of Rev.
W. V. GARNER, Rev. H. C. TOWNLEY, of Massachusetts, Rev. G. M. P.
KING and Z. RICHARDS, Esq., of Washington, and Rev. LUCIAN HAY-
DEN, D. D., of New Hampshire.
The President, Rev J. D. FULTON, then proceeded to address the
Institute on the importance and magnitude of its work.
Voted, That the address of the President be requested for publica-
tion.
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The Report of the Executive Committee was read by the Correspond-
ing Secretary, Rev. S. PECK, D. D.
By invitation of the President, prayer was offered by Rev. G. W.
SAMSON, D. D., of Washington.
The Committee of Arrangements reported in part :-That the class
of scholars in the school occupy one hour, from 12 to 1 P. M. ; that
the Institute take a recess of half an hour, from 1 to half past; that
Reports of Committees and Discussions be the order for the afternoon;
that the hour of adjournment be 3 P. M., and that a general meeting
be held this evening, commencing at half past 7 o'clock. The report
was adopted.
The following resolution was adopted :—
Resolved, That a Committee of seven be appointed, to take into con-
sideration so much of the President's address, and of the Report of the
Corresponding Secretary, as relates to the future work and policy of
the Society, and report, recommending plans, to this meeting at
3 o'clock, P. M.
Voted, That this Committee be Rev. G. W. GARDNER, D. D., of
Massachusetts; Rev. LUCIAN HAYDEN, D. D., of New Hampshire;
Rev. GEORGE D. BOARDMAN, D. D., of Pennsylvania; Dr. S. J. FUL-
TON, of Michigan; Revs. T. R. HOWLETT and D. W. ANDERSON, of
Washington, and Rev. SAMPSON WHITE, of Virginia.
Interesting exercises now followed, illustrating methods of study and
progress by the class of students under the charge of brethren KING
and PARKER, of the Washington School.
Voted, That Rev. S. B. GREGORY, of the Baptist Home Mission So-
ciety, be invited to bring the class under his instruction and participate
in the exercises of to-morrow noon.
The Institute took a recess of half an hour. Benediction by Dr.
PECK.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Institute re-assembled at 2 o'clock. After singing, prayer was
offered by J. W. CONVERSE, Esq., of Massachusetts, and others. An
abstract of the Report of the Treasurer was presented. After remarks
by Rev. W. V. GARNER, of Massachusetts, and AUGUSTUS THOMAS,
Esq., of Pennsylvania, the report was accepted.
The report of the Committee on the future work and policy of the
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Institute, was presented by Rev. G. W. GARDNER, D. D., of Massa-
chusetts.
Remarks followed the reading of this report, by Rev. Dr. GARDNER,
of Massachusetts, Rev. G. D. BOARDMAN, D. D., and Rev. WARREN
RANDOLPH, D. D., of Pennsylvania. The hour of adjournment having
arrived, Voted, To extend the time of meeting half an hour; when the
discussion was continued by Rev. Dr. PECK, Rev. B. GRIFFITH, D. D.,
of Pennsylvania, Rev. R. C. ToWNLEY, of Massachusetts, Rev. J. S.
KENNARD, of Pennsylvania, and Rev. Drs. SAMSON and GILLETTE, of
Washington.
Voted, That this subject be the order of the day to-morrow at 10
o'clock, A. M.
Adjourned to meet at 7 o'clock. Prayer by Rev. Dr. GILLETTE.
EVENING SESSION.
In the evening, services were held in behalf of the objects of the
Institute. After devotional exercises, addresses were made by Rev.
ROLLIN H. NEALE, D. D., of Massachusetts, Hon. BENJAMIN F. BUT-
LER, of Massachusetts, Rev. SAMPSON WHITE, of Virginia, Hon.
HENRY WILSON, of Massachusetts, Hon. Mr. PRICE, of Iowa, Hon. Mr.
THAYER, of Nebraska, Rev. L. A. GRIMES and Rev. Dr. HAGUE, of
Massachusetts.
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​Voted, unanimously, that the thanks of the meeting be tendered to
the Senators and Representatives who have so ably addressed us.
Adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock to-morrow.
President.
Benediction by the
FRIDAY, MAY 1.
The National Theological Institute and University met according to
adjournment, at 10 o'clock, A. M.
Devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. D. W. ANDERSON, of
Washington, and Rev. S. W. MADDEN, of Alexandria.
The Minutes of yesterday were read and approved.
The report of the Committee on the future work and policy of the
Institute, was called up, as the order of the day. Rev. H. C. TOWNLEY,
Rev. J. D. FULTON, H. BEARD, Esq., Rev. Drs. HAGUE and GARDNER,
Z. RICHARDS, Esq., and Rev. W. V. GARNER, engaged in the discussion.
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Voted, That the speakers be limited to five minutes each;-after
which Revs. Dr. GRAY, L. A. GRIMES, and J. S. KENNARD, MOSES
POND, Esq., J. W. CONVERSE, Esq., Rev. Dr. GILLETTE, and Rev.
D. W. ANDERSON, continued the discussion.
Voted, That the whole subject lie on the table until the other busi-
ness of the Institute be transacted.
The Committee on Nominations reported through their chairman,
Rev. W. V. GARNER, a revised list of officers; who, subsequently,
were unanimously elected. (pp. 3 and 4.)
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The report of the Committee on Obituaries was read by Rev. G. W.
GARDNER, D. D., of Massachusetts, and adopted. (Appendix A.)
Voted, That the Report of the Executive Committee be accepted,
and printed with the Minutes.
The report of the Committee appointed to consider the propriety of
changes in the Constitution, being called for, it was Voted, That the
Committee and subject be continued to the next Anniversary.
Voted, That a Committee be appointed to confer with the Howard
University; the Committee to consist of Rev. Drs. HAGUE and PECK, of
Massachusetts, Drs. PARKER and GILLETTE, of Washington, and Revs.
L. A. GRIMES, of Massachusetts, and D. W. ANDERSON, of Washington.
Discussion on the report of the Committee on the future work and
policy of the Institute was resumed, and, after amendment, the report
was adopted, as follows:
The Committee to whom was referred so much of the reports of the
President and Corresponding Secretary as relates to the future work and
policy of the Society, beg leave to submit, as their report, the following
resolutions :-
1. Resolved, That this Society is doing a great and good work, approved
of God, and commended by Him to the sympathy and coöperation of all
true friends of Christ and of the freedmen.
2. That in the prosecution of this work the Society should aim at two
things,—first, the sustaining of ministers' institutes, for a partial and lim-
ited instruction of such colored ministers and others as from their previous
condition and circumstances can devote but little time to study; and,
second, establishing permanent schools so as to secure a more thorough and
systematic training in the higher branches of secular and theological learn-
ing for the young and rising colored ministry, so as to make them the true
leaders and educators of their race.
3. That this Society is profoundly convinced of the desirableness of
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union of effort in this work of educating Freedmen preachers of the Gos-
pel, and that we are ready to meet with the Baptist Home Mission Society,
for the purpose of agreeing upon a fair and honorable basis for the pros-
ecution of the work now in the hands of the two organizations.
4. That in view of the pressing nature of the work in this city and vi-
cinity, this Society memorialize Congress for the grant of the property, in
whole or in part, known as Arlington Heights, for the purposes of this
Institute.
The Superintendent of colored schools in the city of Washington, JOHN
R. KIMBALL, Esq., was here introduced to the Society, and procceded to
make some remarks on the status of the schools of the city, and on the
importance of the work and of the necessity of union therein.
Voted, That Mr. KIMBALL be invited to meet with the Institute at
its contemplated meeting in New York, and present his view of the
educational interests in this city.
Voted, That a delegation of five members be appointed to the Amer-
ican Baptist Missionary Society, about to meet at Savannah, Ga., and that
the delegation consist of Revs. J. D. FULTON, L. A. GRIMES, S. R.
PERRY, J. W. PARKER, D. D., and SAMPSON WHITE.
Voted, That the publication of the Minutes, and all matters pertain-
ing to the next Anniversary, be submitted to the Executive Committee.
Voted, That when we adjourn, it be to the call of the Executive
Committee, during the anniversaries in New York the current month.
The thanks of the Society were unanimously tendered to the E Street
Baptist Church and Society, for the use of their house of worship and
their kind hospitality extended to its members during their attendance
on its meetings.
Voted, That the thanks of this meeting be extended to the press of
this city, for the able and full reports furnished of its transactions.
The Society adjourned. Prayer and benediction by the President.
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S. W. FOLJAMBE, Rec. Sec'y.
ADDRESS
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REV. J. D. FULTON, PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE,
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Delivered in Washington, D. C., April 80, 1868.
THIS Occasion cannot fail of being memorable. The evangel
born of the edict of emancipation calls us together. The duties
growing out of the results of disenthralment demand our notice.
It is meet that the city bearing the name of Washington should
furnish the birth-place, and that the monumental act in the life
of Abraham Lincoln should supply the occasion, which called
into existence a movement destined to give character to a race
debased by ignorance and downtrodden by the iron heel of
oppression. The National Theological Institute, formed to
promote the education of freedmen preachers, is to the Chris-
tian church what the Christian Commission was to the efforts
of our brave army.
Four millions of slaves have been disenthralled. They have
confronted a new destiny, and stand upon the threshold of an
unexplored future. A leadership they must have and will
have. It was known that those who reached them first, and
won their love and confidence, would be able to guide them.
Hence leading and influential men comprehended thoroughly,
at an early day, that the colored ministry must be reached and
helped. The children of God among the ransomed ones of
the South no sooner sang,
"The year of jubilee has come,"
than they inquired, not for a bullet, whith which to protect,
nor for a ballot, that they might promote, but for a spelling-
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book and a Bible, that they might be fitted wisely to use liberty.
From the rice swamp, from the jungle, from the coffle chain
and the slave-pen, when there was no eye to pity and no arm
to save, up above the clouds of darkness that shrouded their
sky with gloom, they felt that Jesus Christ had built for them
a home, and they believed in Him as Redeemer and Emanci-
pator. God's will was their law, the Bible their text-book,
Jesus Christ their Teacher. This makes the majority of them
sharers in a common faith, and devolves upon the denomination
to which we belong a privilege and a responsibility that cannot
be over-estimated.
When we consider the influence of religion and of education
upon the races of men, whether in the East or West; when
we remember that Romanism stultifies the intellect, and makes
the Italian and American alike intolerant, narrow and malig-
nant; when we discover its debasing influence upon the freed-
men in the West Indies, in Brazil, and in portions of our own
land; when we recognize the efforts put forth and the agencies.
employed by the church of Rome to spread the pall of night
over the brightening sky of this people, by opposing education
and the diffusion of the Gospel; when we survey the tendency
and drift of an unregenerated nature, and become conscious of
the truth that the freedmen, when left to themselves, make
dreadful haste to barbarism; and then when, in addition to all
this, we are told, by one who knows the characteristics of this
people, and whose life is consecrated to their development, that
"many among the preachers do not desire to attend school,
that some who can read little, but who murder the king's Eng-
lish every sentence they utter, speak of education as a good
thing for those who need it, but have no idea that they them-
selves need help ;" and when we comprehend the fact that the
religion of Christ softens the heart, quickens the intellect,
and emancipates the soul from perils environing it here and
awaiting it hereafter; when, with Paul, we obtain a realization
of the sublime truth that when the world by wisdom' knew not
God, it pleased God, by the foolishness of preaching, to save
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them that believe, we are led to ask, with him, "How shall
they believe in Him of whom they have not heard, and how
shall they hear without a preacher ?" As has been said, "The
Institute was born of this imperative claim for an education on
the part of the colored ministry. These men, more than all
other men, and in the Baptist denomination more than all other
denominations beside, are to be the moral builders and religious
factors of their race: It was to come to their rescue, and to
come at once, that this work, as a distinctly and definitely
educational work, was conceived, inaugurated, and has thus far
been developed." The blessing of God has rested upon the
efforts put forth.
forth. The meeting at Chicago and its beneficent
results, the words of cheer that, have come from our foremost
men, the generous responses to appeals made by the poor as
well as by the rich, the answers of prayer, as marked as those
instances recorded by Müller, and as timely as was the opening
of the prison doors to Peter, or the rescue provided for Paul,
impress us with the assurance that this is the Lord's work, and
it is marvellous in our eyes.
The necessity of fitting the colored ministry for leadership is
easily illustrated. It is said that a million of colored children
have learned to read. In a southern city lives a little girl,
eight years of age, who has become a proficient in reading.
On one Sabbath afternoon it was noticed that she did not stay
to hear the colored minister preach. On being asked why, she
said, "Uncle Joe makes such awful work reading the Scrip-
tures and hymns, that I cannot bear to hear him." That fact
bodies forth a truth which must not be overlooked. The col-
ored people are to be educated. Some one will lead them.
The cultured among them, as among the whites, demand a cul-
tured ministry. Noise, excitement and passion must give place
to sense, reason and appeal. The colored ministry are the nat-
ural leaders of their people. Preparation is essential for the
task assigned them. Multitudes, some authorities declare "well
nigh two millions, of the freedmen look primarily to the Baptists
of the North for the more religious part of the training which
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shall fit the former tenant of the slave-pen and the negro quar-
ter for the duties, and services, and privileges of citizenship in
a Republic of this nineteenth century."
OUR PLAN.
Our work has divided itself into two departments.
1. Schools have been instituted at important points, so that
the more influential pastors of churches might be reached and
helped, without needlessly removing them from their daily
work, from their families and from their pastoral charges. We
have felt our way to the necessity of sustaining these schools
at different places, so as to reach as large a number as is pos-
sible of the freedmen, from the Atlantic on the east, to the
Rio Grande on the west. The lack of funds has prevented us
from extending this work to the west and south, as the neces-
sities of the freedmen require. That field remains to be pos-
sessed. The schools at Nashville and St. Louis demand a large
outlay immediately, to meet the requirements of the freedmen.
Thus far, the instruction has been largely elementary, partak-
ing of the character of the Bible class more than of the normal
school, though the teachers have felt their way toward the
thoroughness of the normal school much faster than it was
deemed possible.
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These schools naturally will develop into academical propor-
tions. The more talented of the colored people are not content
with obtaining a knowledge of the rudiments. They have been
invited to enter the temple of science. Standing there, their
eyes have been opened. They have caught glimpses of the
stores of knowledge opened to them through geography, through
history, through mathematics; and the spirit burns within many
to traverse the fields of thought opening on every hand before
them. Hence the necessity of sustaining the pupils, in part,
while they are engaged in study. Let us suppose that we have
five schools of fifty scholars each, in which three thousand dol-
lars are expended upon teachers and three thousand dollars
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are expended upon students. We have then, for the education
of two hundred and fifty scholars, an outlay of thirty thousand
dollars. Consider that we have twenty thousand colored min-
isters in our denomination that ought to be helped this year, and
you behold in the two million dollars required the work before us.
II. The agency under consideration cannot meet the want,
hence we have entered upon the establishment, in the second
place, of Ministers' Institutes, organized in a manner similar to
those which were first established in the West. By this means
we hope to reach the masses of the ministry. Two lecturers
can go forth, as went out the earlier disciples, and they can
convene in some central place the preachers of a given locality.
These can be drilled in reading Scripture and hymns, in the ar-
ticles of faith, in views of church discipline, in the prepara-
tion and delivery of sermons. From the company gathered,
some will be found who cannot be content with the short ses-
sion of five weeks, and who will desire the advantages of the
permanent schools.
With these agencies, which have grown to our hand and
which have forced themselves upon our consideration, we start
forth upon the labors of another year, to lift upon the oppressed
the ensign of liberty and to open to the ignorant the treasures
of knowledge.
The importance of this work cannot well be over-estimated.
The colored people are to be educated. What kind of an edu-
cation shall they receive? is the question to be answered. Shall
they be educated in superstition, or in religion? Shall they
be trained for Christian citizenship, or for an ignorant serfdom?
TEACHINGS OF HISTORY.
In reviewing the condition of the negroes of the West India
Islands, as set forth by Edward B. Underhill, Esq., who went
out under the direction of the Baptist Missionary Society of
Great Britain, the fact every where impresses itself upon the
attention that the man or the system which gets hold of the
negro first, retains the hold. In Cuba Romanism is absolute, and
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persecution, hatred of the Word of God, and the bitterest hos-
tility towards ministers of the Gospel, characterize the black
population; while in Jamaica, and to a limited extent in other
islands, the heroic efforts of Knibb, in resisting the planters'
aggressive tyranny, in preaching the Gospel and in establishing
the Calabar Institution, have borne abundant and blessed fruit.
After the surveyor has completed his task, by defining the
boundaries of towns, cities or States, change is next to impos-
sible. After the patterns of castings are furnished, the future
of the article to be moulded is determined. The colored peo-
ple of this land await the forming touch of the educator. The
ballot has brought them power; they and the world know it.
Their prayers, uttered in the field, swamp, and dark dungeons
of slavery, have entered into the ears of the Lord. In all the
Southern land
"He has trampled out the vintage where His grapes of wrath were stored,
He has loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible, swift sword.”
The entire fabric of society, from foundation stone to turret
top, has been shaken, upheaved and broken into fragments.
The work is of the Lord. Satan opposes emancipation; God
favors it. The history of emancipation in the West Indies, as
well as in our own land, proves it. Emancipation there and
here was the fruit of religious sentiment, and, in judging of the
results, it is impossible to separate the religious from the social
aspect of it. For in the elevation of the negro, even freedom,
with all its stimulating influence, stands second in power to re-
ligion, and without extending our view to other races, it will
be seen that the advantages already gathered from liberty owe
their life and hopefulness to the influence which Christian truth
exercises over the minds of the enfranchised.
The results of attempts to civilize the emancipated blacks
without the Gospel were frightful to contemplate, but the
moment that Christianity established itself, civilization com-
menced. For this reason Rev. Mr. Brown, the associate of
Underhill, writes: "The people of color have nothing to be
thankful for but for the Gospel, and for the friends who sent
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them the Gospel. They owe whatever they have that is worth
any thing, to religion. It was religion that was the prepara-
tion for the exodus, and it is religion still that is the guardian
of their order." The remark applies to freedmen in the South
as well as to freedmen in the West Indies. Fill the South
with a Roman. priesthood, and the curse that blights Italy will
settle, upon mountain, valley and plain. Let the true minister
of Christ enter upon his work, and science finds a patron and
literature a friend.
The history of the Calabar Institution, established by Rev.
William Knibb, in Jamaica, in 1843, will throw light upon our
work. This institution sprang out of his noble idea of evan-
gelizing Africa by the agency of the freedmen of the West
Indies. It was opened with six students. The experience of
the institution has afforded a striking illustration of the low
mental condition to which slavery had reduced the population.
Genuine piety was not wanting in the ministry, but
very few
were found qualified to undergo the moderate test which the
admission required, or to prosecute successfully the course of
instruction prescribed. Ignorance prevailed. No depositories
of learning existed for the emancipated blacks. Emancipation
was the starting point for the negro, and it were a surprising
thing indeed if in less than a quarter of a century the bondmen
of generations had acquired the intelligence and mental activity
of the whites, whose intellectual parentage dates back centuries.
Hence the instruction given in the institution, especially in the
earlier years of its existence, was of a very elementary sort.
The miserable patois of the slave had to be exchanged for
euphonious and grammatical English. The powers of thought,
dormant for ages, had to be awakened, as well as knowledge
had to be acquired. Studies suited to prepare the students for
the ministry of the word of God had the chief attention; but
the tutor, also, with great wisdom, imparted the elements of
the Latin, and Greek, and Hebrew languages, as well to disci-
pline the mind and to increase the power of expression, as
to enable them to read God's truth in the tongues in which
it was conveyed to men.
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"It appears
This fact as stated deserves consideration.
to me," says Mr. Underhill, "to be essential to the con-
tinued advancement of the people and to the training of an
indigenous ministry, that a certain proportion of white men
should for years be pastors among the churches. Their higher
standard of learning and piety, their disinterestedness, their
devotion to their work, the encouragement they afford to every
effort for the elevation of the people, the assistance they render
and sometimes the protection they furnish in cases of oppress-
ion, their sympathy with the wants and struggles of the people,
their freedom from prejudice of color or race, and their interest
in every thing which concerns the well-being of the negro, are
of invaluable worth and service in the good cause of raising the
African from his degraded condition."
The work of furnishing the churches with a ministry is very
properly under the care of another organization. It affords us
pleasure to bear witness to the kindness of the American Bap-
tist Publication Society, and to the devotion which character-·
izes preachers in the South, whether sustained by Churches,
Societies, or Associations. Ours is not a missionary work.
We are attempting to do but one thing, viz., educate the min-
istry, and so fit them for the churches. Incidentally something
can be done by the missionary, but the onus of labor in educa-
ting freedmen preachers must devolve upon an organization
created, sustained and managed for the purpose.
"Never was
there a nobler conception of a grand idea; never a prompter
response to the beck and bidding of Providence in applying it ;
never a more signal seal and blessing on what, in the cause of
the Master and the Master's poor, has been attempted and done.
Like all the first beginnings of the kingdom of heaven, it has
been small, but the seedling promises soon to become a wide-
branching tree, whose leaves shall be for the healing of the
nation and the quickening of a race.'
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OUR DUTY IMPERATIVE.
Our Lord and Master, in that hour when His work was
brought to a close, turned to His disciples and said, "Go ye
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into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature."
Paul, in like manner, when he had finished his life labor, wrote
these words: "The things which thou hast heard and learned
of me commit thou to faithful men, able to teach others also."
In this example and in these words we find our commission.
་
Salvation was Christ's work. The proclamation of the same
was committed not to angels, but to men. Emancipation, in like
manner, is God's work. Education, growing out of the same,
devolves upon men.
As has been said by one whose thought
and heart have been given to this movement, "Every one who
thinks seriously can see at once that at the core of the political
problem which convulses the nation is a simple, fearful alterna-
tive-either to invest an immense mass of ignorance with the
suffrage power, or remand the country back into the hands of
men who conspired to destroy it." As was said by an opponent
of popular suffrage in the British Parliament, after the bill had
passed, "Now go to work and educate your masters, or be ruled
by them." That saying was for us as well as for England.
The work is of immediate and momentous importance. It can-
not be accomplished by spasmodic effort. It requires great,
forecasting thought, self-denial, sacrifice and concentration of
energies. To establish a single theological seminary requires a
great outlay, patient and diligent planning, and constant effort.
Here are at least five schools to be sustained, an uneducated
ministry to be guided, providential indications to watch, exigen-
cies to be met without experience to guide us, and skill to be
acquired from raw material. Let us go forward in dependence
upon God for wisdom, inspired by the love of Christ and love
for man; and though trials and toils may characterize our lives
here, victories and rejoicings will await us in the bright here-
after.
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REPORT
OF THE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
MR. PRESIDENT :—
THE earliest measures of your Executive
Committee, as constituted last May, were to adjust its relations
with pre-existing agencies, in accordance with the expressed
intent of the Institute. Those of its members resident in
Washington were charged with duties pertaining to the Wash-
ington School; and they were authorized to employ Dr. Tur-
ney as one of its teachers; restricting his province to the theo-
logical department; and, next, to secure the services of a com-
petent teacher for the academic; due notice of which was
given, both to the Washington members of the Committee and
to Dr. Turney. Dr. Turney accepted the arrangement, and
entered on the service assigned; the Rev. W. T. Johnson
being charged with the academic department.
The official connection of Dr. Turney with this Association
having since come to an end, it is proper, at this point, to state
succinctly the grounds and manner of its termination.
As just
intimated, Dr. Turney was retained in the service of the Insti-
tute with the express understanding, mutually held, as we be-
lieve, that he should devote himself to his alloted duties
exclusively, and in the theological department "only;" Mr.
Johnson being employed in the academic. When, therefore, a
publication appeared, in September, in one or more of our de-
nominational newspapers, and in a printed document, widely
circulated, wherein Dr. Turney claimed to have under his care,
and depending on him alone for support, twenty-six schools and
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1,700 scholars, for whom, virtually, he then solicited pecuniary
aid, the Committee could regard such procedure only as a
departure from the terms on which he had received his appoint-
ment; and at a regular meeting of the Executive Committee,
held in Washington, September 12th, at which more than a
quorum were personally present, they adopted the following re-
solutions:-1. That the connection of Rev. E. Turney, D. D.,
with the Institute and University, as instructor in the theologi-
cal department, be, and the same is, hereby terminated; and,
2. That Dr. Turney's salary be allowed and paid up to the
30th inst., (September.)
Agreeably to the last of these resolutions, Dr. Turney's
claim for salary and expenses was subsequently paid by your
Treasurer, and the payment was acknowledged by him to be
in full of all his demands on the Institute to that date.
AGENCIES-RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
The Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau having placed
at the disposal of the Institute a liberal grant near the close of
our last fiscal year, the members of the Committee at Washing-
ton were requested to communicate to the Executive Commit-
tee the terms on which it was given. The late Treasurer,
Z. Richards, Esq., was instructed also to negotiate so much of
the U. S. bonds, then in his hands, as would liquidate the
indebtedness of the Institute up to May 1, 1867. The terms
alluded to, we have the satisfaction to state, have been duly
observed, as will appear from the Treasurer's Report;-the
proceeds of the grant, under the designation of Washington
Fund, having been scrupulously applied, so far as expended, to
the support of the Washington School.
For the collection of additional funds, and the more thorough
supervision of the entire field, the Executive Committee, pur-
suant to the recommendation of the Institute, next proceeded
to elect the Rev. J. W. Parker, D. D., Secretary for the De-
partment of the South. The appointment was accepted; and
Dr. Parker, entering at once upon the service, has labored in
it assiduously and successfully throughout the year, except so
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far as disabled by severe and protracted illness. For the De-
partment of the North, the Committee have been led, under
Providence, no other agency alike suitable and available present-
ing, to rely for the presentation and advocacy and support of
their work, mainly, on spontaneous and gratuitous effort, as
called forth and sustained by prayer. Nor have their faith and
hope been trailed in the dust. We have the gratification to
state that volunteer agencies have been numerously undertaken
and successfully fulfilled by pastors of churches and by others,
whose names we would gratefully give; as also by members of
the Executive Committee, and especially by the President of
the Institute, by our brother Rev. L. A. Grimes, who has
labored both at the West and East, and by our honored Trea-
surer. Above all, free-will offerings of unsolicited donors have
been presented, in various amounts, by rich and poor; and
prompt and liberal responses have been made to private, per-
sonal appeals; attesting, on one hand, the wide-spread interest
cherished in the objects of our enterprise, together with a
ripened confidence in our methods of operation; and, on the
other hand, giving abundant token that the claims of the Insti-
tute need only a more wide presentation, to secure from the
Christian public adequate and hearty support. These sponta-
neous contributions of material aid have come from the extreme
East and from the West; from India and from the coasts of
the Pacific; accompanied often with fervent prayers and words
of cheer. One of our earliest and humblest, but most faithful
and valued helpers, in enclosing her first donation, subscribed,
as the donor, "A Suppliant ;" and ever since, month by
month, as she has given her dollar, or fractions of a dollar,
even as the Lord hath prospered her, we have had the welcome
assurance that with her alms, her prayers also have gone up
continually as a memorial before God. Our hope is in God,
who is the hearer of prayer; in whose hand are the hearts of
his people, and whose service, as He has designated it to us,
we are striving faithfully to do.
We cannot forbear to note, in this connection, the numerous
gifts contributed by churches, societies and individuals, in cloth-
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ing and other supplies, in aid of the Richmond and Washing-
ton schools; valuable equally for their seasonableness and for
their appropriateness and intrinsic worth. What their appraised
value with the recipients, may be readily surmised from the
report by Dr. Parker of a scene witnessed by him at Richmond,
on the closing day of the Special Institute. "When on the
last day we distributed," he wrote, "some of the coats sent
from Boston, the scene was intensely interesting and deeply
impressive. When, laying aside their tattered and unseemly
garments, one after another, without a second trial, was fitted
as perfectly as though the garments had been made for them by
a skilful workman, one and another would exclaim, The Lord
send this to me, sure.' If the gentlemen who contributed these
garments could have seen the joy these coats and vests gave
those on whom they were bestowed, or the improvement pro-
duced in the sixteen or seventeen men, who were to return to
their homes as the leaders of the people, they would have been
amply rewarded. Never did I see a company of men more.
grateful or delighted. These articles all went to worthy and
needy men. Their prayers will come back in blessings on the
heads and hearts of the donors."
Receipts.
The amount of donations to the Treasury of the
Institute from May 1, 1867, to April 23, 1868,
inclusively, is
Received from the Freedmen's Bureau,
From sales of produce, books, &c., and labor,
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the Washington Fund,
Balance on hand May 1, 1867,
Making a total of
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$10,260.69
555.02
219.71
5,775.68
76.50
$16,887.60
Added to which, from the Washington Fund, by
the late Treasurer, prior to transfer of the same
to the Treasurer,
Total income,
1,526.68
$18,414.28
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Expenditures.
The expenditures have been,
$18,368.09
Balance on hand April 23, 1868, exclusively of
the Washington Fund,
46.19
18,414.28
Balance of Washington Fund, in U. S. bonds,
$3,000.00
We pass to a summary exhibit of the several schools sus-
tained by the Institute.
And I. The School at Washington, D. C. The Rev. G. M.
P. King, of Massachusetts, was appointed a teacher of the In-
stitute in September last; and at a later day, a vacancy arising
in the Washington School, he was invited to take charge of
the same.
From a report submitted by him March 14th, we
derive the following facts. "In October the students num-
bered twenty-two; in November and December, thirty-five;
and in January and February, fifty-eight. The whole number
in attendance within the five months, was 125; beside which
an evening school was well sustained three evenings each week,
with an average of twenty scholars." The ordinary attend-
ance of the pupils, though subject to some irregularities, was as
large as could have been reasonably expected, in view of their
impoverished condition; and could have been rendered more
full and constant only by furnishing material aid. The students
were dependent on their daily labor for support;
portion of them with families to provide for.
recitations at all involved effort and sacrifice. "I have known
a student," says Mr. King, "give half a day's wages to a sub-
stitute, to take his place while he came to spend two hours in
recitation." Yet few of them gave to their recitations, weekly,
less than ten hours.
a large pro-
To attend the
The course of studies in the theological department, in which
assistance has been rendered by Dr. Parker, as health and
other engagements permitted, has comprised, with daily exer-
cises in reading scriptures and hymns, and scriptural geography,
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lectures on the fundamental doctrines of the gospel, on the or-
ganization of the church, its officers and ordinances, its govern-
ment and discipline, and on sermonizing. In the University
department instruction has been given in elementary branches;
in which valuable aid has been rendered by Mrs. King. "Good
progress," reports the teacher, "has been made in nearly every
instance." Some have become qualified to be teachers of in-
termediate schools. Four had been preachers; "a good
number of the students being members of churches in the city."
“There have been discouragements, but our joy in the work,"
says the report, "has shed its light over all these. We have
cast our bread upon the waters, and we have believed shall find
it after many days."
II. School at Richmond, Va. Immediately on the adjourn-
ment of the Institute, Dr. Colver was requested to repair to
Richmond, Va., and organize there a training school for preach-
ers as early as practicable. The proposal was acceded to; Dr.
Colver took his departure the same week from Boston; and
on the 13th of May reported, "Thirty met me in class to-night,
who are looking to the ministry; many among them of prom-
ise." Three days later, negotiations were set on foot for rent-
ing suitable buildings, which issued favorably ;* and carly in
July, on the return of Dr. Colver from Chicago, a class was
provisionally gathered. A history is connected with this en-
* Of the eligibility of this location, which he has named Shiloh, on account of
"the beautiful brook that passes through it," Dr. Colver has given us the follow-
ing representation. (Letter of May 16th.)
1. The buildings are central in the city, and near the African church.
2. They are of brick, with slated roofs, substantial and in good condition.
3. The rooms all have fire-places and gas fixtures, and are well glazed.
4. There are two noble springs in the yard,-no water rent.
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5. The central yard is large, well paved and drained.
6. The premises are well fenced, enclosing a valuable garden, the location re-
tired, silent, clean and healthy.
7. The fourth building will make two good lecture rooms 15 by 30 feet, with a
broad verandah in front.
8. The lodging rooms, though of moderate dimensions, are sufficiently large
to accommodate three or four students each.
There are fifteen rooms, beside kitchen and washing rooms.
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closure which greatly enhances its interest. For a long suc-
cession of years it had been desecrated to the purposes of a
slave mart. The fourth building, now transformed into lecture
rooms, had served for a slave prison, with grated windows and
bars. On Sabbath, July 16th, the First African Church met
within the enclosure for sacred worship, Dr. Colver conduct-
ing the service. "It was a season," he wrote the next day,
"of thrilling interest. The pastor said to me, Twenty-five
years ago my sister was sold from me here, the first sold in the
place.' Another brother, of gentlemanly bearing, now a printer
in this city, said, 'I have had two wives sold from me in this
place.' Another brother said, 'I have had four children sold
from me in this place;' and neither the sister, nor one of the
wives, nor the four children, have been seen or heard from
since by the bereaved ones. To listen to all the tales which
swelling hearts in that crowd longed to repeat, would have re-
quired days, instead of hours. Do you wonder at the trembling
moan which was heard through the assembly as I read the
hymn which I send you. My own heart was full. We felt it
was indeed a jubilee. O what a change in the use of this
beautiful place;-freedom for chains, songs for sighs, and
blessing for cursing.'
The school steadily enlarging, an associate teacher was de-
manded, and Rev. Robert Ryland, D. D., of Richmond, long
and widely known as a friend and teacher of the colored
race, was, at the instance of Dr. Colver, called to the service.
The rapid growth of the school and its general character at
this period, appear from a note of Dr. Ryland, written the 16th
of September. "Things are going on well; I teach from 9 to
3, with half an hour's recess; Dr. C. delivers a lecture on
theology in the afternoon, say from 4 to 5; and meets a pro-
miscuous class of readers from 8 to 9 o'clock. The whole
number, I suppose, including the night class, would reach 75.
All the pupils seem anxious to learn." The exercises of the
school have been sustained from that time. Dr. Colver wrote
in November, "We are very happy in our work; and a bet-
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ter behaved, more kind, or more earnest school is not to be
found."
Statistics of the school, as reported by Dr. Colver, November
25th:-Day scholars, thirty-six; night class, thirty-seven;
primary night class, fifteen; total, eighty-eight. Of the day
scholars, eight were ordained ministers, and seven candidates
for the ministry, the rest "good young men."
Of the night
class, ten were candidates for the ministry, and others desiring
to be teachers. Branches of instruction, besides theological
teaching, elementary chiefly; including reading, writing, or-
thography, arithmetic, geography and grammar.
Of the special course of training instituted in January and
February, for licensed and ordained ministers, note will be
taken in a subsequent part of this Report.
III. School on St. Helena. It was intimated in our Report
last year, that the St. Helena station would shortly be visited
by the Secretary for the South, in company with Dr. Colver,
to ascertain more satisfactorily its eligibility for a biblical de-
partment, to be taught by Dr. C., and, if judged expedient, to
make needful arrangements on the field for its immediate es-
tablishment. The exploration was effected in April, and report
made; issuing, however, as is known to all, in the designation
of Dr. Colver to Richmond, the latter position presenting more'
imperative claims. Meanwhile the school on St. Helena was
left in charge of Mr. and Mrs. Brown, numbering in April
about fifty pupils, besides a Sabbath school and Bible class.
In July arrangements were partially made to remove to Land's
End, the southern extremity of the island, to pass the hot sea-
son; but the health of both the teachers becoming impaired,
they were under the necessity of returning to the North in
August; subsequently to which, as they were unable to resume
the service, their connection with the Institute has been honor-
ably closed.
The vacancy thus created, your Committee have not yet
been able to supply, further than to avail themselves of the
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kind offices of Rev. Dr. Brisbane, through whom the Orange
Grove plantation was placed in our possession; who has con-
sented to take the station temporarily in charge. At his recom-
mendation the services of a female teacher, (Miss Jaudon,) was
engaged, commencing December 9th. By a late communica-
tion from Dr. Brisbane, (April 14th,) we learn that the en-
gagement continued to the end of March, the compensation
being paid by the U. S. Tax Commissioners of that District.
Arrangements for the future improvement of the station re-
main to be made. Dr. Brisbane expresses an earnest hope
that at least one teacher be supported by benevolent contribu-
tions of the North, and that pupils be allowed to take each from
three to five acres of the plantation grounds to cultivate, the
proceeds to furnish their board and clothing.
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IV. School at Augusta, Ga. Near the close of May Dr.
Parker proceeded to Augusta, Ga., for the purpose of locating
a school in that city. His coming was cordially greeted, and
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fully at work with
between thirty and forty men.' "There is much promise in
this field," he wrote. "There are men who will aid me in the
work, colored and white. The way is open, by the military
reconstruction bill,-man safe. Already are planters calling
on me for teachers on their plantations, and the people want
preachers who can teach them the truth. I see most clearly
that God has sent me here." Writing a fortnight later, and
having offered to teach all who were preachers, or who desired
to preach or to teach, he says, "So in the daytime and the
night I have had them, singly and in classes, from 7½ A. M. to
101 at night; teaching them from spelling their names, to the
purposes of God in election; securing every day more method
and regularity. In the theological studies, which are separate
from the elementary, I am principally on the Gospel by Mat-
thew and the Acts of the Apostles, to show the teachings of
Christ, and the order and management of the church and its
affairs. At every meeting of the school I receive three or four
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plans of sermons, on texts which I gave them, or of their own
selection. Their idea of a sermon is of the rudest kind; not a
thought of instruction in most cases. I criticise and suggest.
I give lessons also in the proper reading of the Scriptures and of
hymns; on the duties of pastors to their churches, their author-
ity, their relations to the deacons, to the church and congrega-
tion; on officers and discipline of the church, its authority and
independence; on the office of deacons, and on the origin, his-
tory and order of the ordinances; in short, an epitome of a
theological course in Eastern seminaries. It is fragmentary
and repetitious, but having aim and plan; and so far as we go,
is as thorough as the circumstances permit. About sixty or
seventy are thus directly and regularly under instruction; in the
theological department, forty-two, and in the training depart-
ment, twenty, including twelve females. And all are deeply
interested. For the females, I have two assistants."
We have the pleasure to add, that application having been
made to the city government for land on which to erect a
school building, the request was cordially granted, on the usual
condition, that the property shall revert to the city whenever
it shall cease to be used for the purpose intended; and a sub-
scription paper for building was being circulated among the
colored churches, which it was confidently estimated would
reach the sum of $500.
A few weeks later, Dr. Parker was seized with severe and
dangerous illness, and was compelled to return to the North,
leaving the school under care of Mr. J. Mason Rice, then
resident at Augusta; but with a diminished attendance, owing
to prevalent sickness during the summer and autumn, to politi-
cal excitements, and later still, to unusual religious interest and
multiplied meetings among the churches. In October the
number of attendants in the theological class was ordinarily
from twenty-five to thirty, and the interest shown by them was
"general and hearty."
Rev. Charles H. Corey and wife, subsequently appointed
teachers for the Augusta school, commenced their labors in
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November, retaining the services of Mr. Rice. His first quar-
terly report, dated February 1st, gives thirty-eight pupils in
attendance. "The theological class numbers seventeen, the
young men's class fifteen, and Mrs Corey's class six. Sickness,
death, hard times, change of location, and the great religious
interest, have combined to render the attendance small."
As illustrative of the extent of this religious interest and of its
various bearings on the Institute, Mr. Corey adduces the num-
ber of converts :- "One bundred and six have been baptized
at Springfield church, and twenty-five are awaiting baptism;
twenty-one added to Central church, and forty awaiting the
ordinance; and fifty are to be baptized to-morrow at Thank-
ful church; all added to our numbers during the quarter.
Others have been converted in other places where our pupils
preach. All who have conducted these meetings have been
connected with our school; and of the converts, some are
among the most promising young men in the city; who will
probably join our classes." Later accounts give 300 as the
number of baptisms, and many more' to unite soon.
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The branches taught in the school had been various, as at
the first. In addition to reading, spelling, writing, arithme-
tic, &c. &c., Mr. Corey had conducted his theological class
through a brief system of church polity, had examined critically
twelve chapters of the Acts, exercised the class on plans of
sermons, lectured in course on the Evidences of Christianity,
and commenced an investigation of our received articles of
Christian faith."
At the close of the second quarter, April 18th, his report is
as follows:-" During this quarter sixty have attended my
classes, seventeen of whom either are ministers, or having the
ministry in view. Among the others are many Christian young
men of promise. In the theological class, along with reading,
writing, &c., we have completed the book of the Acts, and
also our Articles of Faith; have examined a number of our
Lord's miracles, and have had plans of sermons submitted.
Members of other classes have been pursuing elementary
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branches. Two members of the school have been sent out as
missionaries in this State, and two others called to important
fields in South Carolina. Four churches have been organized,
and six other congregations are in course to be organized,
through the labors of members of the Institution, besides many
others gathered by them into churches outside the city." The
great religious awakening, as before referred to, affected neces-
sarily the number of pupils. "Some who would gladly have
been in attendance, were hindered by the three protracted
meetings, which continued nearly all winter."
"The Institute," Mr. Corey adds, "has a deep hold in this
community. God's blessing has attended it. But we need
buildings; we also need funds to aid in the support of pupils
from abroad. The people are very poor; and many are being
greatly persecuted on account of their political views; dis-
charged from service; and the lives of others are threatened.
Threats have been made to blow up churches," &c. &c.
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SPECIAL COURSES OF INSTRUCTION.
It remains to report of the recent courses of instruction had
at the Richmond and Washington Schools; and in doing this,
we shall draw largely on communications from the Secretary
of the Southern Department, who, having borne part in the
teaching and been personally cognizant of the facts, can state
with particularity the measures pursued, and so illustrate the
policy which in this department of labor the Institute aims to
inaugurate and extend.
:—
Dr. Parker reports: "The Special Institute at Richmond
commenced its session the 28th of January. The number of
students was not large at the opening; some lived at so great
a distance, they could not reach Richmond so soon after the
Sabbath. At the close of the first week, between thirty and
forty were in attendance; most of these had already been
preachers of the gospel. Some who were present the first
week, were obliged to leave before the close of the second.
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The whole number in attendance during the progress of the
meeting, was fifty-two or fifty-five.
"Their ages varied from twenty-four to sixty. Some of
them had preached, after their fashion, for twenty-five years,
as they were permitted to under the surveillance of the whites.
All claimed to read the Scriptures; (we mean all who were or-
dained ;) but not one of them read fairly well when they began
at our Institute. A few had been permitted to read with the
knowledge of their masters; but most of those who knew how
to read before the Emancipation, had stolen their reading, and
had formed miserable habits of pronunciation, with great indis-
tinctness of utterance. The errors are very difficult to correct.
"The men who attended the school came from the extremes
of Virginia; from Lynchburg and Norfolk, from the Potomac,
near Gordonsville, from Williamsburg and North Carolina.
There would have been three times as many, if their poverty
had not hindered; while it is true, a want of a proper appreci-
ation of the opportunity for improvement kept some away.
way on
"The exertions which many of the members of the school
made to get to it, indicated the general desire to improve them-
selves. Some came more than 150 miles, most of the
foot, begging their bread as they came, and turning into cabins
for shelter in the night. Some borrowed the clothes they wore,
a vest of a cousin, pants of a brother, and coat of a father.
So a whole neighborhood contributed to the wardrobe of the
preacher; the whole outfit worth less than five dollars in any
second-hand clothes establishment. And yet these men are
preaching the gospel to hundreds, and many of them to thou-
sands of people; some have baptized many hundreds, not to
say thousands.
"The exercises of the session were reading of the Scriptures
and hymns, with attention directed to the pronunciation of
names, and of peculiarly difficult words. This was under the
conduct of Rev. Dr. Ryland. The discussion of topics, with
the making of sermons, was under the charge of Dr. Colver;
as was also the discussion of doctrinal subjects, until illness
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rendered it necessary for him to relinquish the department.
Dr. Peck gave a few lectures, and performed much valuable
service in aid of the arrangements generally.
“The department of ministerial appointment, qualifications
and duties, and of church organization, &c., with the faith and
doctrines of the New Testament, was conducted by Dr. J. W.
Parker.
"The topics were the church, its organization, government
and independence, its officers and their specific duties, and their
relations to each other and to the church; the internal affairs of
the church, the work and authority of pastors, the duties of
churches to their pastors, the choice and duties of deacons, the
proper manner of conducting church meetings; the call of
God to the ministry, what it is; and the manner of determin-
ing when a man is called to this work. To this, special atten-
tion was given. There is great danger that men will come
into this work from ambitious motives, and lead the people astray.
"The duties of ministers in regard to Sunday schools, in
their encouragement and direction, were enforced. The people,
generally, have been indisposed to encourage the Sabbath in-
struction of children, or to aid the few who are engaged in it.
Efforts to correct personal faults were direct and protracted,
and had apparent success.
“Other subjects related to the management of church affairs,
presiding in church meeting, conducting cases of discipline,
personal and general, the exclusion of members, and treatment
of those excluded; the ordination of preachers, the organization
of councils, the design of installation, the organization and ob-
jects of Associations, the place and authority of councils called
for ordination or for the settlement of church difficulties.
"Another class of subjects related to marriage, its institution,
importance and obligation; and divorce. These were very
fully treated of; and a deep impression, apparently, was made
on the ministers. Slavery has left a most blighting influence
on all the colored population of the South, in regard to mar-
riage and the duties of husband and wife, of parent and child.
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Much influence is sent out for the corruption of the people
through false interpretation of Scripture, by ignorant and de-
signing men, who are willing the people should be deceived for
the vilest purposes.
"The treatment of all these subjects was thorough and scrip-
tural, with references looked out, and marked for use in the
churches. This referring to the Scriptures, we ought to say,
was the practice on all subjects treated in the lectures. The
habit of referring to this criterion was rigorously insisted on,
and kept up to the end.
"The duty of benevolent activity, on the part of individuals
and churches, was urged, as the one important proof that the
spirit of Christ was possessed by those who professed his reli-
gion. Hence they were bound to send his Word to those who
were more destitute than themselves. Finally, after finding
the apostolic church in the New Testament, the relations and
duties of its members to each other, to the church, to civil
government, and to man, were set forth with as much clearness
and particularity as the circumstances permitted.
1
"Besides these ordinary exercises, many plans of sermons.
were blocked out for the preachers, on texts easy to handle;
and many were heard from them, which were criticised and
reconstructed, where there were gross improprieties in the
treatment of the subject.
"Lectures were given on the doctrines taught in the Acts
of the Apostles and their Epistles, with copious references.
Effort was constantly made to find in the Scriptures, by actual
examination of passages, all the doctrines which were to be
taught with authority, and all the practices enforced by Bap-
tist churches. In these, too, they were always to search for
the teaching of the Holy Spirit, as the standard of Christian
character, and the directory in Christian life. Many of the
preachers had been quite unaccustomed to pursue such a course.
The teachings of the Spirit were supposed by them to be im-
pressions on one's mind or feelings, without reference to the
declarations of the Bible.
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"At the close of the session, it was pleasantly apparent, in
an examination, that even some of the least instructed were
quite satisfactorily clear in their views of the plan of salvation,
of the duties of the ministry, and of the order of church gov-
ernment.
6
6
"The special session was continued between four and five
weeks, and the time given to work each day was from seven to
nine hours. The inquiry had sometimes been made of the poor-
est and the most ignorant, when the exercises were about clos-
ing, whether they were gaining as much as they expected to,
when they left home. All replied, much more.' Many said
they should be new men.' Many had learned a heap,' and
would know how to read the Bible and find proof texts. Seve-
ral said they would not sell what they had learned for $200.;·
and others, not for a $1000; and many would not for any
thing.' These poor men, on whom the blight of slavery had
fallen with most withering power, seemed to feel most anxious
to get light; and when a truth was made clear, which before
was obscure, a strange glow would light up their faces, as one
might appear on entering Heaven.
"The teachers and friends of our enterprise have reason to
be encouraged by this experiment. Those who availed of it
have obtained an amount of knowledge which will be greatly
profitable to them, and which will reach, in its influence, a ter-
ritory larger than New England, except Maine. Some of them.
preach in several counties; and they will have much to do in
the examination and ordination of other men. At the close,
three presented themselves for ordination. They appeared
well; clear in their religious experience and in their call to
the ministry; their knowledge of Christian doctrines remarka-
ble; and giving most satisfactory evidence of the benefit they
had derived at the Institute."
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In Washington, The Special Theological Course was opened
on the 17th of March. Several who already were connected
with the Institute, joined the class, and others came from Bal-
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timore, Alexandria and other places. The whole number con-
nected with it has been twenty-five, most of them pastors or
licensed preachers, and all expecting soon to be engaged in the
work of the ministry. Half the class had been preachers from
three to twenty years.
Dr. Parker proceeds: These men had had no opportu-
nity for instruction and study, beside that which the Institute
would afford them. They could now spend only a few weeks
in the year at school, and the object of this special effort was to
provide such instruction as would accomplish the greatest good
in the shortest time. Hence little was attempted which was
not directly connected with their work; and the instruction
given was eminently simple and practical:
"The subjects and course of instruction were substantially
as given in the school at Richmond. Much time was devoted
to the examination of the Bible. No conclusion was reached
in regard to doctrine or duty, until the testimony of the Scrip-
tures had been put before the class. The character of God and
of man, the nature, officers and ordinances of the Christian
church, the call to and work of the ministry, the relations of
members of the church to each other, to civil government and
to the world, all were learned from the Bible. In all things
this book has been consulted, and its teachings, and they only,
have been accepted as having authority. The Bible had held
a secondary place in their esteem while in slavery; its teach-
ings were, to them, of far less force and importance than im-
pressions and feelings; which they regarded as coming from the
direct influence of the Spirit. Much pains have been taken to
show that from the word of God written, the Spirit takes of the
things of Christ to show to his people.
"A portion of the time has been spent in reading the Scrip-
tures and hymns with much care; not by endless repetition to
teach them how to read a few passages; but rather to give a
knowledge of the elements of good reading, in correct pronun-
ciation, in clear and distinct articulation, and with proper in-
flections. We have made plans of sermons together, on the
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blackboard, and orally; the students being taught to think
and reason for themselves, as well as receive the thoughts of
others.
"Those who have been in regular attendance from the first
or second week, are to be presented with a Concordance, a
Bible Dictionary, a Church Manual, the Psalmist and several
other books, the whole constituting for them a good library.
We shall follow them to their churches and congregations with
fervent prayer.
""
Summary.-The number of stations in connection with the
Institute within the year under review, has been four; of
schools, ten; of teachers, fourteen; and of pupils, 419, of
whom 112 were preachers, ordained or licentiate. Receipts in
moneys, $18,414.28; payments, $18,368.09.
THE WORK BEFORE US.
Thus far we have restricted ourselves to notices of the
past. The occasion calls us to present some thoughts on the
nature, magnitude, and pressing demands of our work in the
future.
1. The nature of the work, and specially its religiously
Christian character. It is not simply an educational work, for the
founding and maintenance of secular schools. An Educational
movement, so called, was begun years ago, in 1861-62, and
has been followed up vigorously to the present hour by soci-
eties and individuals, nobly seconded by the Freedmen's Bu-
reau. And these efforts have been "eminently successful."
"Some whole States are now soliciting from the Bureau a
spelling-book for every family." "If this whole demand could
be met," says one of the later reports of the Bureau," the con-
sequence would be, that with the 238,342 pupils already in
schools, one million at least of this people, from all classes,
would then be engaged in the first elements of learning." This
glad anticipation has been more than realized; and before ano-
ther generation shall have attained its manhood, free schools,
like those of the North, will have been founded in all the South
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for the education of the young, without distinction of caste or
color.
But to knowledge must be supplemented virtue. It cannot
suffice to know good. There must be engrafted the love of the
true and of the right; and to this love, the life inner and out-
ward must be practically conformed. How shall this conform-
ation be effected? The answer is, The excellency of the power
must be from God. The bond of union,-the union of know-
ledge and virtue, must be religion, the knowledge of God in
Jesus Christ, faith in Christ, Christianity; Christianity, not in
form and word merely, but in its power. In a word, the
Freedman must have the Gospel of Christ preached to him,
with the power of the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven.
How shall the Freedman be evangelized?
Divine Providence and the grace of God in Christ have fur-
nished the reply to this question. The principle has long since
passed into practical use as an admitted axiom in missionary
evangelism, that the evangelizing of a people, heathen or infidel
or semi-christian, is a work to be wrought out mainly by labor-
ers raised from among themselves. As Paul admonished Titus
in Crete, to ordain elders in every city, evidently intending the
home-born; as in modern days, in India and Burmah and
China, in Germany and France and Sweden, native laborers
must go forth to sow and till and harvest, so in the "sunny
South" this work of evangelization must be wrought, if wrought
effectively, by the instrumentality chiefly of Freedmen preachers.
2. This necessity of home-born labor is pressed upon us,
were there no other consideration, by the magnitude of the
work laid upon us. Look up and behold the extent of the
field, already ripe to the harvest. The whole land lies before
us. An entire race, with singular unanimity and earnestness
too impassioned and persistent to be unheeded, stretch forth
their hands to us. We cannot in person meet the demand, and
yet fulfil our home service. The churches of the North, or of
the South, cannot let go at once for this work a third, or even
a fourth of their ministry. Four millions of souls hungering
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for the bread of heaven;-to distribute to the multitudes so that
every one of them may take even a little, the number of servi-
tors must be commissioned by thousands.
And here note the wonderful forecasting both of the wisdom
and the grace of God. There are thousands of Freedmen
preachers who stand ready of heart this day to do the Lord's
bidding. There are thousands who now are doing the Lord's
will according to the light that is in them. But that light
needs to be brightened. These preachers, so fervent in spirit,
so diligent in service, are to be taken to us, as Apollos by
Aquila and Priscilla, and the way of God be expounded to
them more perfectly.
And as there is need for clearer and fuller light, so there is
an answering desire for greater light on the part of the Freed-
men leaders. They come to the light. "We need an intelli-
gent ministry," writes one of their own number, more favored
than most of his race. "We need an intelligent ministry, or
as much so as we can make it under the circumstances.
Our brethren hereabouts (he writes from Missouri,) are as you
have found them in Virginia, South Carolina, and other places.
south; having been in bondage and oppressed; but they are
willing to study, in order the more thoroughly to prosecute
their work, feeling called to it. From thirty to forty students
may be had here, most of whom would be regular in their at-
tendance. But we need a commencement; we need help.”
"With a permanent commencement here," he adds, pressing
his suit, "you would crystallize around your central idea the
active sympathies of the west and south-west. An institute
once started here, students would attend from Indiana, Illinois,
Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee, as well as from Missouri.
Do me the kindness to have this matter laid before your
Executive Board as soon as possible."
3. The urgency of the present demand is enforced by the
seasonableness of the passing hour. The time is a transition.
The masses are rapidly moving onward and upward; the
preachers, the leaders hitherto, must rise with them. A Chris-
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tian brother, a member of the legal profession, writing from the
west a while since, set forth this necessity in words following:-
"The subject has been a matter of earnest and anxious consul-
tation among the Baptists here, (St. Louis,) how we shall meet
the pressing want. There are two classes of persons," he pro-
ceeds to say, "needing ministerial education among the colored
people; one of young men who have never preached, or who
have preached but a few years; for whom steps ought to be
taken at once, to give them a thorough collegiate and theologi-
cal education; and, in my opinion, in the same school and in
the same classes with the whites. The other class embraces
all who from age or the burdens of family or other cares are
unable to take such a course, and yet are preaching. These
constitute the pastors of our colored churches throughout the land.
As a general thing, they are ignorant, very many of them
grossly ignorant, oftentimes bigoted and superstitious. But
such as they are, they during the times of slavery were the
teachers of their race, and were looked up to with a veneration
which we can scarcely appreciate. And ignorant as they were,
they knew more than their hearers. But the tables are now
turned. The people have acquired knowledge, especially the
young people, much faster than their spiritual leaders. The
consequence is, a re-action is taking place; and these educated
ones are beginning to feel contempt for those whom they for-
merly honored. This is greatly to be lamented; for, with the
unconverted, it is only a step from contempt towards God's
ministers to contempt for God himself. There is danger, great
danger, that if the colored people become educated without at
the same time being converted, they will be swept into the
vortex of infidelity." This testimony is true, and the present-
iment, unless the evil be stayed, is sustained by Holy Writ.
"The lips of the priest must keep knowledge," said the prophet
of old. "Where there is no vision the people perish.
"My
people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." These divine
declarations are of fearful import, if permitted to apply with
naked force to the untrained millions just liberated in the South.
The people there are ready to perish for lack of knowledge.
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We have been prone, at least liable, these last few years, in
our eagerness to do justice to the manhood of a fellow-man,
and to ensure to him the retention of his new-found freedom,
and in the exercise untrammeled of his rights of citizenship,
we have been liable and strongly biased to ascribe to him at-
tainments and traits of character to which he can make but
questionable pretension; and to gloss over, with phrases of ex-
tenuation, if not justification, debased habits of heart and mind
and life, inwrought as they have been through successive gen-
erations of brutifying slavery. The Freedman, now, we exult
in the fact, is a free man,-no longer a slave, but such a free
man at this hour as one so lately a slave may be. The lately
enslaved has not yet become altogether a new man.
His rela-
tions have passed under a change; his relations to himself, to
his late owner, to his kindred, to his country, and in a qualified
sense, to God; but he, substantially, at the start is unchanged;
unchanged in his powers of mind, unchanged in his habits of
thought and feeling, unchanged, with slight enlargement as
yet, in the extent of his knowledge, in his aims, in his recognized
moral principles and obligations. A change has been effected
in his outward condition. Civilly and socially and physically,
there have been laid the foundations, in part at least, of a most
marvellous reconstruction. But reconstruction means more
than this. An effect must be wrought in the Freedman. Him-
self must be reconstructed. This process of reconstruction has
had its inception, but not completion. On the day when he
was loosed from his prison-house, the Freedman leaped forth as
into a new world. He became conscious, though dimly at first,
of new possibilities and new powers. The felt attainment of
personal liberty, the conscious right, the right conceded, to
think and act for himself, to propose and to plan and bring to
pass, to go out and to come in as seemed to himself good, the right
to speak, or to refrain from speaking; and then the recogni-
tion of the domestic and social relations, the meaning of the
terms now realized of husband and wife, of parents and chil-
dren, of brothers and sisters and friends,-the felt significance
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of the word home, and of being at home ;-the civil investitures
accorded to him,-elevation to citizenship, participation in its
privileges and rights, State and National, as also in its respon-
sibilities and cares and emoluments ;-the very struggles exact-
ed of the Freedman, in asserting and vindicating these changes,
and pressing them to their practical ends ;—these influences
have all tended, in measure and after their several impress, to
mould afresh the mind and heart of the Freedman and make of
him a new man. But only after their own impress. Another
and higher order of instrumentalities are needed; instrumental-
ities religious and spiritual. The agencies we have spoken of
are secular and inferior; potent, but earth-born. Above these
secondary and earth-bounded relations and influences, the
grander, the vastly overtowering consideration is the relation
of the Freedman to God, to Christ, to duty and truth absolute,
to holiness, to life eternal. Godliness is profitable for the life
that now is; but in measure incomparably higher, is it profitable
for the life that is to come.
And this is the transcendant, con-
straining motive that impels to the evangelizing of the free South,
by its own native ministry, trained and enlightened and thor-
oughly furnished; that the race enfranchised may be free
indeed; free in the LIBERTY WHEREWITH CHRIST MAKES FREE.
By order of the Executive Committee,
S. PECK, Cor. Sec'y.
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REPORT ON OBITUARIES.
疆
​Rev. JOHN I. FULTON was born in Nova Scotia, and or-
dained to the work of the Christian ministry at Sherburne,
N. Y. In 1836 he removed to the West, settling in Michigan,
in which State he served the Master for many years as a pastor
and a good and able minister of Jesus Christ.
During the last autumn, he and his wife made a visit to his
son, Rev. J. D. Fulton, of Boston, when he preached his last
sermon in Tremont Temple. Just before Father Fulton left
Boston to return to his home in the West, he was in attend-
ance upon a four days' protracted Associational meeting held
in the First Baptist Church in Charlestown, and there seemed
to come into very near and sweet communion with the Mas-
ter; and it was the feeling of some who then saw
"his face as
it had been the face of an angel," that he was on the very
verge of glory, and pluming his soul's wings for an upward
flight. He returned to his home in Tecumseh, where he fell
asleep Nov. 16, 1867.
Rev. W. S. HALL, of Philadelphia, has also died during the
year. He was at one time pastor of the Laight Street Church,
New York city, and subsequently of the North Church, Phila-
delphia. He was a good and true man, a friend of his race
without regard to color. Br. Hall was eminently successful in
winning souls to Christ, having baptized about two thousand
converts during the progress of his evangelical labors. He
passed away in the triumphs of faith.
ROBERT W. CUSHMAN, D. D., was a native of Maine. He
was educated in Columbian College in Washington, and settled
in the ministry first at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He was subse-
quently and for six years pastor of the Bowdoin Square Bap-
tist Church in Boston. Later in life he acted as pastor of the
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First Baptist Church in Charlestown for three years. He also
conducted boarding schools of a high order for young ladies,
in Philadelphia, Washington and Boston.
He was possessed of rare abilities as a preacher, and never
appeared to better advantage than when presenting the great
truths of redemption, and persuading men in Christ's stead to
be reconciled to God. His broad and generous culture, united
with great energy of character and a scholarly habit, made him
a natural educator. He was a man of very warm heart and
generous sympathies, deeply interested in the work of this So-
ciety, and from a residence of many years in the South knew
well the wrongs of the colored race, and was earnest and con-
stant in his efforts to help the Freedmen rise up to the enjoy-
ment of liberty. He died most trustfully and peacefully on the
7th of April, 1868, aged 68. At the time of his death he was
a member of the Board of Managers.
Hon. JOSEPH A. POND, President of the Massachusetts
Senate, a Life Member of this Society, has died during the
year.
Mr. Pond was baptized at the age of fifteen by the late Dr.
Cushman, who also was present and made remarks at his fune-
ral, which occurred in Boston, Oct. 31st, 1867. He was sud-
denly called to his reward, and his works do follow him.
He was eminently a religious man. Never did he appear to
better advantage than when addressing a Sunday school in his
own happy way. He was an efficient leader of the Boston
Young Men's Christian Association.
A "Watch Note," in the Watchman and Reflector, at the
time of his death, pays him the following beautiful and well-
deserved tribute :-
"What an instructive, inspiring spectacle is disclosed to our
retrospective view of the boy of fifteen years rejoicing to take
upon him Christ's baptism, and glorying in his enlistment under
the banner of the cross; ruled by the spirit of love to the
Saviour at home, in the school, in work, in play, realizing his
ideal plan of life with sturdy consistency, practical tact and
fidelity to a noble aim; in childhood, a man for firmness,—
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in manhood, a child for simplicity;—the very same always, at
the fireside, the counting-room, the church, the festive celebra-
tion and the legislative hall; true to himself, to his profession,
to Christ, to humanity; winning ever trust and love from all,
through a Christian career of a quarter of a century; then sud-
denly summoned away from earth, amid the regrets and tears,
the subduing memories and devout thanksgivings of a great
community.
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It is with feelings of profound sorrow, in closing our report,
that we record the affliction that has befallen our honored
friend and fellow-laborer, Rev. N. COLVER, D. D., in the loss of
his estimable wife. She passed to her reward after a brief ill-
ness, Sabbath evening, April 19th, and the funeral sermon by
Rev. JUSTIN A. SMITH, D. D., her pastor, is a fit tribute to
her virtues as a wife and mother, and to her worth as a woman.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE AND
UNIVERSITY, FROM MAY 1, 1867, TO APRIL 23, 1868.
In Donations from-
MAIN-E.
In May, Old Town, Mrs. J. S. Geddis, $10 in gold,
Portland, Mr. Torrey, per Rev. Wm. H. Shailer, D. d. :
"June. Maine Bap. Miss. Conv. $126.15, less 1.00 coun. cur.
"July. Brunswick, Main St. Bap. Ch.
Yarmouth, Bap. Ch. and Cong.
"Aug. Saco, "Widow's mite," for Richmond school,
Bangor, 2d Baptist Ch., per Dea. J. C. White,
Bangor, 1st Baptist Ch., to cons. Rev. A. K. P. Small L. M.
Eastport, E. Pepper,
"Sept. Portland, Free St. Ch. and Cong.
D.D. :
Kennebunkport, Rev. C. W. Flanders, D. D.
Saco River Asso., per Rev. H. A. Hart,
(C
64
64
C
Hancock Bap. Asso., per Heard Lord, Tr.
York Asso.
"Oct.
"Dec.
Oxford Bap. Asso., per Rev. R. J. Langridge,
Portland, Free St. Bap. Ch., per Rev. H. A. Hart,
York Bap. Asso., George W. Roberts, Tr.
"Jan. Brunswick, Mrs. Narcissa Stone, for Dr. Colver's school,
New Gloucester, Bap. S. School,
(C
Rev. R. J. Langridge,
Mrs. R. J. Langridge,
Thomaston, Miss Fannie Campbell,
Springvale, Bap. Ch., per Rev. H. Á. Hart,
"Feb. Kennebunkport, Rev. C. W. Flanders, D. D.
$13.72
7.00
125.15
7.00
27.00
2.00
25.00
50.00
20.00
85.00
10.00
18.50
13.81
11.57
42.21
6.00
5.85
25.00
4.25
3.00
1.75
10.00
10.00
10.00
Buxton Centre, "A Friend," per Rev. O. Richardson,
Freeport, Baptist Ch.
10.00
5.00
"April. Hampden, Miss Sarah Curtis,
5.00
Buxton Centre, “A Friend,” per Rev. O. Richardson,
10.00
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
"Oct.
"Sept. Milford Bap. Asso., per Rev. L. A. Grimes,
Portsmouth Bap. Asso.
28.32
<<
<<
36.83
Bap. State Conv. at Claremont, per Rev. J. D. Fulton,
Lebanon, Bap. Ch.
50.00
12.00
Hanover, Rev. F. Merriam,
5.00
"Dec. Rumney, E. Blodgett,
.50
Antrim, Bap. Ch. and Cong.
16.50
"Jan.
Bow, Dea. Timothy Hammond, L. M.
"Feb. Hudson, Joseph Merrill and others,
April. Milford, Miss Mary Towne,
Hanover, Rev. F. Merriam,
VERMONT.
"May. Townshend, Jonas Allen and wife,
West Haven, J. M. Field,
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Fairfax, J. E. Miles,
J. A. Huntington,
Thomas, D. D.
«June. Stafford, Miss A. M. Phillips,
Brandon, "First earnings by a young man," per Rev. C. A.
50.00
18.00
5.00
2.00
P
25.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
25.00
2.00
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In July. Green Mountain, “Vt.”
"Aug. Passumpsic, Bap. Ch.
"Oct.
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Grafton, Dea. Peter W. Deane, for Dr. Colver's school,
Brandon, "A Friend," per Dr. Parker,
Baptist State Conv., per Rev. J. D. Fulton,
"Feb. Burlington, L. Barnes, Esq., L. M.
"Mar. Sharon, Members of Baptist Ch., for Dr. Colver's school, per
Rev. C. D. Fuller,
"April. Felchville, Bap. Ch.
MASSACHUSETTS.
"May. Taunton, Mrs. Eliza C. Gillett, to cons. Mrs. Eliza C. Gillett,
Rev. Josephus W. Horton, Mrs. Ann A. Horton, and Miss
Sophia W. Horton, L. M.
Boston, Mrs. Lorinda H. Morse, to cons. herself, Wolcott H.
Hamlin, Dover, N. H., Rev. John I. Fulton, Tecumseh,
Mich., Samuel B. Hamlin, Acushnet, Edw. Francis Ham-
lin, Boston, and Cyrus Hamlin, M. D., Constantinople, L. M.
East Marshfield, Rev. Jacob Davis,
3.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
100.42
50.00
9.50
10.00
200.00
300.00
1.00
Boston, Union Temple Bap. Ch. and Cong., for Harwood
Training School, St. Helena, S. C..
150.00
Melrose, Mrs. Asenath Hutchings,
Lawrence, A. J. French, for Dr. Colver's school,
North Adams, Rev. M. Sanford,
"June. Boston, Friends of the Freedmen,
West Acton, Miss Mary Hapgood,
Foxboro', "Subs. for. Watch. & Ref."
2.00
10.00
1.00
10.00
2.00
1.00
Needham Plains, Sab. Sch. 1st Bap. Ch., per A. M. Mace, Tr.
13.19
South Attleboro', Mrs. H. B. Barrows,
1.00
Hudson, Bap. Ch.
11.00
"July. Dorchester, 1st Baptist Ch.
12.00
CC
Mrs. D. G. Godden,
Salem, Rev. J. H. Seaver,
West Acton, Miss Mary Hapgood,
•
Lowell, A Lady, per Rev. J. D. Fulton,
Charlestown, Boardman Miss Soc. 1st Baptist Ch., per. L. E.
De Wolfe, Tr., to cons. Charles E. Daniels L. M.
3.00
30.00
2.00
2.25
50.00
Cambridge, Broadway Bap. Ch. Sab. Sch., per Rev. J. W. Par-
ker, D. D.
22.10
Brighton, “A Friend,
per
Rev. Dr. Parker,
10.09
Brookline, Willard Y. Cross,
"Aug. Brighton, Baptist Ch., per Rev. Dr. Parker,
Worcester, "A Friend," for Dr. Colver's school,
Taunton, Mrs. Eliza C. Gillett, to cons. Miss Georgia Horton
10.00
2.00
37.53
L. M., per Rev. Andrew Pollard, D. D.
80.00
South Gardner, Baptist Ch., per Dea. Gates,
16.00
Boston, P. J. Whiting, per Dr. Parker,
250.00
(6
Fairmount, Mrs. H,
""
Malden, 1st Baptist Sab. School,
"Sept. Cambridgeport, Frederick Clapp,
North Cambridge, Baptist Ch. and Cong., per Dr. Parker,
Lowell, Worthen St. Baptist Ch.
Mrs. R. O. Fuller, for Dr. Colver's school,
* 25.00
2.50
75.50
5.00
54.00
27.69
Taunton, Albert Field, L. M.
50.00
Boston, Charles St. Ch. and Cong., (including $50 from An-
drew G. Loud, L. M.)
141.71
Lawrence, 1st Baptist Ch.
55.00
South Boston, Henry Safford, which, with previous contribu-
tion, cons. him L. M.
10.00
Boston, Zion Methodist Ch., per Rev. L. A. Grimes,
5.41
"Oct.
Lawrence, 2d Baptist Ch.
·
West Acton, Miss Mary Hapgood,
10.00
2.50
"Nov. Abington, Baptist Ch., per Dr. Parker,
10.00
North Cambridge, Mrs. Draper, per Dr. Parker,
Barnstable Baptist Asso., per Frederick Scudder, Tr.
5.00
1.00
Taunton, Winthrop St. Ch. and Cong., to cons. George A. Field
and Dea. A. J. Barker L. M.
112.25
•
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In Nov. Webster, "B. G. H.," for Dr. Colver's school,
Boston, Shawmut Av. Baptist Ch. and Cong., collection in
part, per C. F. Parker,
Webster, Baptist Ch.
•
Woburn, 1st Baptist Sab. School,
Middleboro'; Rev. Wm. L. Brown, L. M.
10.00
258.83
8.00
25.00
50.00
West Acton, Miss Mary Hapgood,
"The Freedmen," per Rev. J. D. Fulton,
1.00
.50
Boston, avails of clothing, per Charles E. Brown,
"Dec. North Cambridge, Baptist Ch., Ladies, per Dr. Parker,
Boston, Union Temple Baptist Ch. and Cong., per G. W.
Chipman, ($108.67, less 50 cts. count. cur.)
5.75
40.00
108.17
Boston, Shawmut Av. Baptist Ch. and Cong., in full of collec-
tions, per C. F. Parker,
207.00
Bridgewater, Miss Yendall,
1.50
Boston, Rowe St. Ch. and Soc., per Charles D. Gould, Tr.
Middleboro', Central Baptist Ch.
173.90
•
40.00
West Acton, Miss Mary Hapgood,
2.00
"Jan. Boston, Young Mens' Christian Asso., collection at prayer
meeting, for Dr. Colver's school, per Rev. L. A. Grimes,
35.68
Charlestown, Boardman Miss. Soc. of 1st Baptist Ch.
50.00
Taunton, (6
Boston, Union Temple Ch., per G. W. Chipman,
Somerville, Perkins St. Ch., for temporal wants of Freedmen
Boston, Union Temple Ch., Charles A. Roundy,
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West Bridgewater, Baptist Sab. School,
Boston, "A Friend," in response to Dr. Colver's appeal,
((
Mrs. R. O. Fuller, per Dr. Parker,
J. E. Daniels, L. M., for physical wants of Freedmen,
West Acton, Miss Mary Hapgood,
Boston, "A Stranger,
((
Shawmut Av. Ch., N. Boynton, L. M.
Weston, Baptist Ch.
South Danvers, Miss Clarissa Wilson, L. M.
Boston Highlands, "A Lady," for Dr. Colver's Inst.
Chelsea, Samuel Fowler,
Boston, Charles St. Sab. School,
Watertown, Baptist Sewing Circle, for Dr. Colver's school,
A few Friends," for aid of colored preachers at
10.00
100.00
5.00
per Rev. J. D. Fulton,
2.00
10.50
1 00
15.00
500.00
1.00
2.00
50.00
35.00
50.00
50.00
2.00
15.26
5.00
Richmond, per Rev. Dr. Pollard,
80.00
Boston, Mr. James Pope, per Rev. L. A. Grimes,
15.00
"Two Ladies," for Dr. Colver's sch., per Rev. L. A.
Grimes,
10.00
Medford, Baptist Ch.
20.23
Boston, F. O. Reed, (which with $25, previous contribution,
cons. him L. M.)
25.00
Boston, Union Temple Ch., Moses Briggs,
5.00
"Mar. Cambridge, "Friends," per Dr. Parker,
10.00
Boston, George Cummings, in part, which cons. himself and
Mrs. Abigail Cummings, L. M.
100.00
Boston, Ladies' Miss. Soc., Mrs. Mary H. Sargent, Tr.
5.00
Northboro', Ladies' Sewing Circle, Bap. Ch., for Dr. C's Sch.
Boston, Ladies' Samaritan Soc., 12th Baptist Ch.
10.00
50.00
Anonymous, per Rev. J. D. Fulton,
1.00
((
Charles B. Lane, for Armstead, a Richmond student,
Mr. Poole, for student at Richmond,
10.00
5.00
South Abington, members of Baptist Ch.
34.00
Newton Centre, Rev. H. J. Ripley, D. D., per
Dr. Colver,
5.00
Boston, Mrs. Wilson,
10.00
Springfield, "A Friend,"
5.00
Worcester Co., Mrs. Susan M. G.
Rev. Mrs. G. M. Chick,
Newton Centre, Gardner Colby,
Boston, "A Friend,"
"A Friend," per Rev. J. W. Poland,
(( Mrs. Pigott,
5.00
((
("
5.00
100.00
100.00
3.00
1.00
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In Mar.
Boston, Mrs. Eliza N. Blodgett,
Shawmut Av. Ch., contribution,
North Abington, anonymous,
10.00
37.50
4.00
Boston, George Cummings, (additional,) which cons. Rev.
Charles M. Bowers, Rev. N. Colver, D. D., Rev. Phineas
Stowe, Rev. G. M. P. King, Rev. John Allen, Rev. Robert
Ryland, D. D., and Rev. Charles H. Corey, L. M.
West Acton, Miss Mary Hapgood,
400.00
1.00
Salem, Rev. J. H. Seaver,
Waltham, Baptist Ch.
1.00
26.25
Old Cambridge, Baptist Ch.
43.01
Groton Centre, 1st Baptist Ch.
5.00
"April. Boston, Union Temple Ch., collection,
75.00
Hudson, Mrs. Lucy C. Wakefield, for Dr. Colver's school,
Woburn, 1st Baptist Ch.
20.00
100.00
Boston Highlands, Miss Martha Berdeen,
7.50
Worcester, Silas Walker, for Dr. Colver's school,
Boston, "A Friend," for Richmond school,
5.00
1.00
South Harwich, "A Reader of W. & R.," for Dr. Colver's sch.
Holyoke, 2d Baptist Ch., to cons. Edwin Chase and Rev. E.
Burnham L. M.
50
100.00
Cambridge, Hon. J. Warren Merrill, to cons. himself and
Thomas Wattson Merrill L. M.
100.00
Chelsea, Hon. E. C. Fitz, Cary Av. Baptist Ch., which cons.
Rev. W. P. Everett L. M.
50.00
Lynn, collection at Union meeting 1st Baptist Ch.
102.88
West Acton, Miss Mary Hapgood,
1.50
Royalston, Mrs. H. M. Estabrook, "for young man from
Buckingham Co.," Richmond school,
5.00
Holliston, Baptist Ch.
22.25
Boston, Henry R. Glover,
25.00
(6
Moses W. Pond, in part, for J. McLemore,
20.00
Worcester, Mrs. Hannah Knight, for support of Richmond
stndent, (Buckingham Co.)
5.00
Springfield, 1st Baptist Ch., per J. E. Williams,
100.00
Boston, "A Friend," (Geo. L.)
10.00
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66
6
“A Friend,” through Dr. Hague, per Dr. Colver,
"A Stranger," Tremont Temple,
5.00
(6
<<
5.00
""
Lucius Allen,
66
5.00
"
"Two Friends of the Cause," by J. W. Olmstead, D. D.
Dea. Clement Drew & Son, by Dr. Colver,
10.00
25.00
Miss H. G. Gunderson,
10.00
Melrose, C. C. Barry,
5.00
Worcester, (( A Friend,"
10.00
Woburn, Sylvester Wood,
6.00
RHODE ISLAND.
or Oct.
"Sept. Valley Falls, Baptist Asso., which const. Rev. George W.
Gile, L. M.
Providence, "A Lady," per Rev. Dr. Caldwell, which cons.
75.00
Dr. Caldwell L. M.
100.00
Newport, Central Baptist Ch.
18.27
" 1st Baptist Ch.
15.00
"Jan.
Providence, 4th Baptist Ch, and Cong., which cons. Dr. A. H.
Granger L. M.
50.00
"Mar. Newport, Freedmen Ed. Soc., per Mrs. Esther P. Peckham, ·
10.60
CONNECTICUT.
"July. Willington, Baptist Ch., per Rev. A. P. Mason, D. D.,
Norwalk, Baptist Ch
Easton, Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Benedict,
NEW YORK.
"May. Albany, Baptist Ch., collection, per Rev. J. D. Fulton,
Oswego, West Baptist Ch., which cons. Rev. D. C. IIughes,
pastor, C. D. Middlebrook and Thomas Kingsford, L. M.
1.00
10.00
2.00
15.00
165.00
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In Oct.
Brooklyn, Pierrepont St. Baptist Ch.
25.33
"Mar.
Albany, Hon. Lemon Thompson,
25.00
Brooklyn, Strong Place Ch., coll., by Dr. Colver,
75.00
Troy, Ist Baptist Ch., which cons. Rev. Dr. G. C. Baldwin L. M.
50.00
"April. Albany and Troy, coll., per Rev. L. A. Grimes,
110.00
،،
Hon. Geo. Dawson, L. M.
50.00
Hon. J. H. Reynolds, which cons. Hon. Ira Harris L. M.
50.00
(C
Hon. Marcellus Harris, L. M.
50.00
(6
Hon. B. A. Sweet, L. M.
50.00
J. P. Rogers, Esq.
20.00
Tabernacle Baptist Ch.
12.00
New York, Rev. E. K. Fuller, by Dr. Colver,
5.00
(C
Dr. Stephen Smith,
(4
20.00
East Lansing, John King,
(C
5.00
South Berlin, H. C. Fuller, L. M., for Richmond school,
50.00
NEW JERSEY.
May. Paterson, Rev. Joseph Banvard, D. D., which, with 42.50 from
Baptist Ch., previously acknowledged, cons. him L. M.
Rev. J. M. Challis,
“Mar.
PENNSYLVANIA.
"April. Philadelphia, Collection at public meeting,
10.00
5.00
62.50
1st Baptist Ch., per John C. Davis,
Rev. A. J. Sage,
442.61
5.00
(6
"A Friend,"
5.00
Collection, per Augustus Thomas, L. M.
Charles Keen, by Dr. Colver,
68.33
25.00
Mrs. W. W. Keen,
"
5.00
3
"Friends," per Rev. Mr. Castle, by
Dr. Colver,
10.00
Mrs. E. Jenkins,
<<
30.00
Dea. Wm. B. Keen,
66
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"
25.00
Rev. B. Griffith,
66
5.00
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
"Oct.
Henry Beard,
10.00
VIRGINIA.
"Mar.
1st African Baptist Ch., per Dr. Colver,
3.75
GEORGIA.
"April. Contribution of pupils in Augusta school,
7.50
OHIO.
"June. Toledo, Collection, per Rev. J. D. Fulton,
Cleveland, 3d Baptist Ch.,
"
Baptist Association,
"July. Columbus, Baptist Ch. and Cong.
"Sept. Cincinnati, 1st Baptist Ch,, per Rev. L. A. Grimes,
(6
Mound St. Union Ch., "
<<
Buckland, J. H. Tangeman, L. M."
"Oct.
Cleveland, Hon. Jas. M. Hoyt, L. M.
"Dec.
"Mar.
Harveysburg, B. Bedell,
"H. M.," per Dr. Colver,
"April. Cincinnati, John Ricker, by Dr. Colver,
Marietta, P. Dodge,
22.00
17.25
30.00
21.00
117.51
28.61
100.00
100.00
2.00
5.00
25.00
5.00
INDIANA.
"June. Evansville, A. L. Robinson,
10.00
"Nov. La Fayette, M. L. Peirce,
25.00
"Mar. Evansville, A. L. Robinson, L. M.
50,00
7
50
ILLINOIS.
}
5th
In May. Chicago, Opera House coll., per Charles F. Parker,
June,. 64
Deacon Taylor,
"Oct..
"Mar. Chicago, 2d Baptist Ch., per Dr. Colver,
Upper Alton, Henry L. Field, L. M.
66
667.00
2.00
50.00
70,80
"
21.00
Indiana Avenue Ch., per Dr. Colver,
21.00
"6
Union Park
66
"C
26.00
(
North Baptist
"C
"
35.00
(6
Dr. Baker's
21.00
Mr. Jacobs & partner, "
"
10.00
(6
Mr. Culton,
(6
10.00
Mr. Belden,
(6
"(
5.00
De Kalb, Baptist Ch.,
9.00
Elgin, collection,
30.00
MICHIGAN.
"June. Detroit, Shiloh Baptist (colored) Ch.
26,13
WISCONSIN.
"Aug. Delavan, Baptist S. School, per A. D. Thomas, L. M.
"Jan.
Elkhorn, Mrs. Nelson Lee, L. M., per Dr. Colver,
'50.00
50.00
NEBRASKA.'.
"July. Grant, Nemaha Co., G. W. Arnold,
MISSOURI.
•
10.00
((
41.50
66
7.34
"
44.
15.00
"Sept. St. Louis, 8th St. Baptist Ch., per Rev. L. A. Grimes,
3d (Chambers St.) Ch.,
1st Baptist
64
INDIA.
"June. Midnapore, Daughter of native preacher, (avails of crochet
work,) 2 rupees,
STATES NOT DESIGNATED.
F. W. Morgan, for "Maxcy," per Dr. Colver,
Dr. Mason,
(6
(C
A Stranger,
<<
"
((
George Ellis,
"
L. Smith,
"(
(4
James Holmes,
(C
("
"
Mrs. Spooner,
፡፡
(C
George B. Ellis, from his S. sch.
6C
M. A. Brooks, for student at Richmond, per Dr. Colver,
A Friend,
((
(C
William Biddle,
Total Donations,
Also received from Freedmen's Bureau,
"
"
"
"
Supplies, sales and labor,
Washington Fund,
Balance May 1, 1867,
1.00
5.00
6.00
5.00
5.00
1.00
2.00
10.00
5.00
. 1.25
66
4.00
3.00
$10,260 69
555.02
219.71
5,775.68
76.50
$16,887.60
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EXPENDITURES OF THE NATIONAL THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
AND UNIVERSITY, FROM MAY 1, 1867, TO APRIL 23, 1868.
For Washington School,
*$5,807.99
Richmond School,
4,630.53
<< St. Helena School,
1,433.24
Augusta School,
1,511.54
Secretaries' Department, salaries in part, and travelling expenses, 2,142.24
"Agencies,
430.51
Office rent and furniture,
485.69
"Postage, &c.,
68.62
"Publications,
225.24
"Stationery,
27.44
"Freight,
8.18
"Legal advice,
10.00
(6 For students at West Newton,
59.19
Counterfeit currency,
1.00
Balance on hand, April 23, 1868,
46.19
$16,887.60
*Also from the Washington Fund, as received and expended by the
late Treasurer,
$1,526.68
J. W. CONVERSE, Treasurer.
REPORT OF AUDITORS.-The undersigned Committee, appointed by the Execu-
tive Board to examine the Treasurer's account, have compared the same with
the vouchers and found it correct.
Boston, April 25, 1868.
WM. V. GARNER,
GEO. W. CHIPMAN,
} Auditors.
GRANTS, AND GIFTS OF CLOTHING.
The Treasurer acknowledges grants, and gifts of clothing, &c., as follows:-
1867.
In May. Boston, Am. Tract Soc., for Augusta school, Primary, 2d and
3d Readers, 50 copies each, slates, &c.
$60.00
"July. East Providence, R. I., Rev. J. Allen, a box of books.
Chicago, a piece of cotton cloth.
Guildhall, Vt., Miss E. Loomis, a silk counterpane, of many
pieces.
"Aug. Boston, Am. Tract Soc., Freedmen books, half cost,
Sept. Cincinnati, Ohio, E. Harwood,
28.75
200.00
D. W. Marsh,
200.00
(in payment of Orange Grove plantation, St. Helena,
donated through Rev. W. H. Brisbane.)
400.00
"Oct.
Fairfax, Vt., box of clothing, per Rev. J. M. Hotchkiss.
"Nov. Woburn, Ladies' Miss. Soc., 1st Baptist Ch., one bbl. clothing,
valued at
100.00
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1868.
"Jan.
Watertown, Ladies' Sewing Circle, Baptist Ch., one bbl. cloth-
ing, for Dr. Colver's school.
Chelsea, Mr. Barker, a bundle of clothing.
Unknown friend, bale of clothing.
"Feb. Watertown, one bbl. of clothing.
Boston, Shawmut Av. Ch., one bbl. and two boxes of clothing,
per Master Geoge Elliot.
"Mar. South Abington, a box of clothing, per Mrs. J. Sproul.
Cambridgeport, two large boxes, for Dr. Colver.
Worcester, one box of clothing,
((
}
(C
Philadelphia, Mr. Butcher & Sons, a box of bacon and box
of hams, for Dr. Colver.
Philadelphia, Thomas Wattson, two bbls. of hard bread and
one box of clothing, sent to Richmond.
April. St. Albans, Vt., one bbl. of clothing, per Mrs. J. D. Soule.
Boston, Gould & Lincoln, 12 copies of Psalmist,
11.25
(The above list is imperfect, from want of notice. Letters of advice are
desirable in all cases, stating contents and value.)
J. W. CONVERSE, Treasurer.
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MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE.
CORPORATE
Rev. Abram D. Gillette, D. D., Washington,
D. C.
MEMBERS.
David Rees,
Edgar H. Gray, D. D., Washington, D. C.
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Edmund Turney, D. D.,
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Zalmon Richards,
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Justin D. Fulton,
Robert J. Powell,
Rev. William T. Johnson,
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((
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Henry Beard,
Charles H. Morse,
Joseph C. Lewis,
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Washington, D. C.
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Rev. D. W. Anderson,
Daniel C. Eddy, D. D., Boston, Mass.
Leonard A. Grimes,
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Wm. R. Williams, D. D., New York.
Isaac Westcott, D. D.. แ
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Howard Malcom, D. D., Philadelphia.
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Joseph H. Kennard, D. D.,
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J. Newton Brown, D. D.,
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John S. Poler,
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T. Dwight Miller,
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Constituted by the payment of Fifty Dollars.
Abbott, Rev. L. A., Middleboro', Mass.
Allen, Rev. John, East Providence, R. I.
Ames, R. W., Roxbury, Mass.
Anable, Rev. C. W., Cambridge, Mass.
Burnham, Rev. E., Holyoke,
Baldwin, Rev. George C., D. D., Troy, N. Y.
Baldwin, H. W., Newark, N. J.
Banvard, Rev. J., D. D., Paterson, N. J.
Barker, Dea. A. J., Taunton, Mass.
Barnes, L., Burlington, Vt.
Barrett, Rev. L. G., Weston, Mass.
Boardman, Rev. Dr. Geo. D., Philadelphia.
Bond, O. M., Oswego, N. Y.
Bonney, Miss Mary L., Philadeiphia.
Bowers, Rev. Charles M., Clinton, Mass.
Boynton, N., Boston,
Brown, Rev. Wm. L., Middleboro'.
Butcher, Washington, Philadelphia.
Butcher, Henry Clay,
Butler, Charles O., Franklin, O.
Everett, Rev. W. P., Chelsea, Mass.
Field, Albert, Taunton,
Field, George A.,
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Field, Henry L., Upper Alton, 111.
Fletcher, Rev. Dr. Horace, Townshend, Vt.
French, A. J., Lawrence, Mass.
Fuller, H. E., South Berlin, N. Y.
Fuller, Mrs. R. O., Boston, Mass.
*Fulton, Rev. John I., Tecumseh, Mich.
Gardner, Rev Dr. Geo. W., Charlestown, Mass.
Gillett, Mrs. Eliza C., Acushnet,
Godden, Mrs. D. G., Lowell, Mass.
Granger, Rev. Dr. A. H., Providence, R. I.
Gregory, Alva, Stepney, Conn.
Hague, Rev. Dr. Wm., Boston, “
Hague, Wm. W.,
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*Hall, Rev. W. S., Philadelphia.
Hamlin, Edw. F., Boston, Mass.
Hamlin, Samuel B., Acushnet, Mass.
Caldwell, Rev. Dr. S. L., Providence, R. I.
Chase, Rev. G. S., Columbus, O.
Chase, Edwin, Holyoke, Mass.
Chipman, G. W., Boston, "
Colver, Rev. Dr. N., Chicago, Ill.
Colby, Gardner, Boston, Mass.
Converse, J. W.,
Constant, S. S., New York.
Hamlin, Wolcott H., Dover, N. H.
IIammond, Dea. Timothy, Bow, N. H.
Hart, Rev. H. A., Yarmouth, Me.
Harris, Ira,
Albany, N. Y.
Harris, Marcellus,
Horton, Rev. Josephus W., Acushnet, Mass.
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Cook, Dea. Samuel, Woburn, Mass.
Corey, Rev. Charles H., Augusta, Ga.
Crozer. John P.. Philadelphia.
Crozer, Mrs. John P.,
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Cummings, George, Boston, Mass.
Cummings, Mrs. Abigail, "
Daniels, J. E.,
Davis, John C., Philadelphia, Penn.
Drew, Dea. Clement, Boston, Mass.
Eaton, Rev. W. H., Goffstown Centre, N. H.
Horton, Mrs. Ann A,
Horton, Miss Sophia W.,
Howe, James, Boston,
Howe, Rev. Wm., Cambridgeport,
Hoyt, James M., Cleveland, O.
Hughes, Rev. D. C., Oswego, N. Y.
James, Dea. Elisha, Boston, Mass,
Joyce, George F., Roxbury,
Keen, Charles B., Philadelphia.
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Kimball, Mrs. A. M.. Goffstown Centre, N. H.
Kincaid, Rev Dr. Eugenio, Philadelphia.
King, Rev. G. M. P., Washington, D. C.
Kingsford, Thomson, Oswego, N. Y.
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Lane, Oharles B., Boston, Mass.
Lee, Mrs. Nelson, Elkhorn, Wis.
Locke, Jesse A., Boston, Mass.
Loud, A. G.,
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Mann, William, Philadelphia.
Martin, C. J., New York.
Martin, R. W.,
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Merrill, J. Warren, Cambridge, Mass.
Merrill, Thomas Wattson, "
Middlebrook, C. D., Oswego, N. Y.
Miller, Rev. J. J., Somerville, Mass.
Miller, Rev. T. D., Philadelphia.
Millis, Lansing, Boston, Mass.
Miner, Rev. George H., Central Falls, R. I.
Morse, Mrs. Lucinda H., Boston, Mass.
Morton, Frank F.,
Olmstead, Rev. Dr. J. W..
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Parker, Rev. Dr. J. W., Washington, D. C.
Parker, Artemas, Boston, Mass.
Parker, Charles F.,
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Parker, John H., Malden,
(4
Peck, Rev. Dr. Solomon, Boston, Mass.
Pond, Moses W.,
*Pond, Joseph A., Brighton,
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Randolph, Rev. Dr. Warren, Philadelphia.
Reed, F. O., Boston, Mass.
Robinson, A. L., Evansville, Ind.
Ryland, Rev. Dr. Robert, Richmond, Va.
Small, Rev. A. K. P., Bangor, Me.
Stearns, Rev. Dr. O. S., Newton Centre, Mass.
Stowe, Rev. Phineas, Boston,
Sweet, B. A., Albany, N. Y.
Tangeman, J. H., Buckland, 0.
Thomas, Dr. C. H., Philadelphia.
Thomas, Augustus,
Thomas, A. D., Delavan, Wis.
Thompson, Lemon, Albany, N. Y.
Townley, Rev. H. C., Woburn, Mass.
Sage, Rev. A. J., Philadelphia.
Warren, Rev. G. F., Malden, Mass.
Wilson, Miss Clarissa, S. Danvers, Mass.
Wyckoff, J. J., New York.
ANNUAL membERS.
Constituted by the payment of Ten Dollars.
Arnold, G. W., Grant, Nebraska.
Barrows, Rev. C. E., Newport, R. 1.
Barrows, Rev. B. W., Dorchester, Mass.
Blodgett, Mrs. E. N., Boston,
Campbell, Miss Fannie, Thomaston, Me.
Chase, Rev. S. L. B., Bangor,
Cooke, Rev. H. A., Lawrence, Mass.
Kinlay, Rev. J. M., Lebanon, N. H.
Lamson, Rev. D. F., Northboro', Mass.
Lincoln, Joshua, Boston,
Pasco, Rev. C., West Bridgewater,
Pepper, E., Eastport, Me.
Pope, James, Boston, Mass.
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Richardson, Rev. C. H., Felchville, Vt.
Flanders, Rev. Dr. C. W., Kennebunkport, Me. Richardson, Rev. O., Buxton Centre, Me.
Fuller, Rev. C. D., Norwich, Vt.
Gates, Rev. O. W., Norwalk, Conn.
Gay, Rev. H. G., Hudson, Mass.
Geddis, Mrs. J. P., Old Town, Me.
Glover, Henry R., Boston, Mass.
Gunderson, Miss H. G., “
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Hurlin, Rev. W., Antrim, N. H.
Safford. Henry, South Boston, Mass.
Smith, Franklin W.
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Smith, Dea. Stephen, New York.
Sproul, Mrs. J., South Abington, Mass.
Stone, Mrs. Narcissa, Brunswick, Me.
Thompson, Rev. C. L., South Gardner, Mass.
Wakefield, Mrs. Lucy C., Hudson, Mass.
NOTE. The above lists are necessarily incomplete, from want of names designated.

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