Various. The American Missionary. Volume 44, No. 06, June, 1890
REMOVAL
DR. STORRS, ON THE NEGRO PROBLEM
MISSIONARIES TO ALASKA
IN A NUTSHELL
HIGHER EDUCATION OF THE COLORED PEOPLE
SPRING CONFERENCES AND CHURCH WORK
MISSISSIPPI IMMIGRANTS
NOTES FROM NEW ENGLAND
MUSIC'S MISSION
ITEMS
THE SOUTH
OUR SCHOOL WORK
OUR CHURCH WORK
REVIVAL AT WILMINGTON, N.C
FACTS ABOUT BALLARD SCHOOL, MACON, GA
A DREARY PICTURE OF PLACE AND PEOPLE
REPORT FROM MOUNTAIN SCHOOLS
THE KING'S DAUGHTERS SOCIETY
THE INDIANS
OUR S'KOKOMISH MISSION
THE CHINESE
JOTTINGS
BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK
OUR YOUNG FOLKS
WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS
RECEIPTS FOR APRIL, 1890
CURRENT RECEIPTS
Отрывок из книги
Not long since Rev. R.S. Storrs, D.D., preached a sermon in his own pulpit, presenting the claims of the American Missionary Association for the annual collection in its behalf from the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, N.Y. This sermon appeared in print in one of the daily papers, and attracted the attention of a benevolent gentleman deeply interested in the Christian education of the colored people, who was so impressed with the great value of the address, that he has furnished the Association with the means to print a large edition for general circulation. This we have done, and we presume that already, many of our readers have had the opportunity of reading this eminently wise and timely utterance on one of America's greatest problems. Should any one desire an extra copy, we will gladly furnish it on application.
Although the discourse has had large circulation, we cannot resist the temptation to extract a few of its forcible utterances on some very important points.
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Which of these two classes of persons is solving this problem to the best purpose?
There are other persons, in Congress and out, urging the deportation of the blacks to Africa, a thing impossible to be done, and, if possible, it would be harmful to those that were sent, as well as useless to benighted Africa. On the other hand, there are those who are training the colored people of this country in education, industrial habits and stable Christian character, thus preparing them as missionaries to Africa.
