A SUGGESTION WORTH PASSING ALONG.
After the presentation of the cause of the American Missionary Association recently to a church in Connecticut, the pastor made the following suggestion to his people:
“We have now had this great subject before us. We shall never, probably, see it more clearly. We shall never, probably, feel its importance more. What shall we do about it? I was going to announce a contribution for next Sabbath; but perhaps it will rain; perhaps you will not be here; perhaps you will forget. Besides, I notice that church plates do not hold a great deal. We make them a small business. We ought to do more for this cause. We want to do more. And so, if I can find two or three young ladies ready for the work, I will send them to your houses. Be ready! Look the matter all over, and do as good a thing as you can. After that, perhaps, we will pick up the stray bits when Sunday comes.”
It is pleasant to add that the pastor found canvassers without difficulty, and that about three times the amount usually given by plate collections was gathered.
Atlanta University undertakes the work of “head-making” so far as this means the development of a clear and sensible intellect, controlled by a good heart. It was, however, “bread-making,” and not “head-making,” which the types in our August number should have mentioned to the credit of the Atlanta girls, whose loaves, rolls and Yankee doughnuts so delighted the gentlemen of the examining committee at the recent anniversary. Plain cooking is a part of the regular instruction in Atlanta University.