“Another item of interest is the increase of the missionary spirit, and we trust that the reflex influence of the one who has gone as a missionary to Africa, will be more and more richly blessed to those still in the school, quickening them to corresponding works of faith and love. Such certainly should be the result.”
THE CENTRAL SOUTH CONFERENCE.
At the recent meeting of the Central South Congregational Conference, the minutes of which have just been laid on our table, the following resolutions were passed:
On the subject of Education, it was
Resolved, That education is a matter of prime importance, and that it is the duty of all our churches to advance the cause by contributions, by sending promising young persons to the schools within their reach, and in every other way.
Resolved, That the necessity for aid from the North is still pressing, and that the American Missionary Association be requested and urged to continue its assistance in this direction.
In regard to Church Extension the following resolution was passed, viz.:
That the needs of the churches represented in this Conference call for the appointment of a man of wisdom and experience to be a Missionary Superintendent, whose labors should be first directed toward establishing, upon a firm basis, the churches already organized; and next toward selecting promising and needy fields for planting new churches and directing our young ministers in opening such fields.