VOL. XXXIV.
DECEMBER, 1880.
No. 12.
American Missionary Association.
The publications provided for a household do much to mould the character of its inmates. If a right proportion of these are religious and missionary, good results are sure to follow. As at this season many determine what periodicals they will take for the coming year, we beg leave to suggest the wisdom of families subscribing for and perusing the American Missionary. By this means foundations for right thinking and right doing will be laid, and the way prepared for the exercise of Christian patriotism and philanthropy, so needful in the present condition of our country.
We have word from Hampton that the tide of negro students never set in so promptly and strongly as since October 1st of this year. For the second time in the history of the school, tents have been erected on the campus and occupied by the colored boys.