Marietta, Ga.—A gem of a church school-house, 24×40 feet, with a gallery, and furnished with wardrobes and Sherwood’s crown double desks, was dedicated at Marietta, Ga., on the 6th of June. The people raised $300 for it; two young men in Illinois gave $50, and the A. M. A. furnished the remainder, and owns the property.
C. P. Jordon, a graduate of Atlanta University, takes the school; and Rev. E. J. Penney, also a graduate of Atlanta University, and more recently of Andover Seminary, will have charge of the church-work. Our Field Superintendent preached the sermon. A promising enterprise, strongly manned.
Mobile, Ala.—The Daily News, in giving notice of the examinations at Emerson Institute, says: “Prof. Crawford deserves great credit for the successful manner in which he has conducted and built up this colored institution, which today has no superior in our State.” And Miss Stevenson, of that school, from whom we have had a pleasant call, speaks of a great change in the feelings of the citizens of that city toward the school, its work and teachers.
Florence, Ala.—The Florence Gazette says of the pastor of the Colored Congregational Church of that town: “Mr. Ash has gained the respect and goodwill of all classes in this community, and has accomplished a most praiseworthy educational and religious work among the people of his race.”
Chattanooga, Tenn.—During the absence of the Rev. Jos. E. Smith in Africa, a retired Presbyterian clergyman of Chattanooga, the Rev. T. H. McCallie, offered to preach for his church three Sabbaths for three months, and to extend the time if necessary. He took the greatest interest in the work, hunted up and looked after the members, and, either in person or by substitute, attended the Sabbath services and buried the dead, as if he were the pastor of the church. The Rev. J. W. Bachman, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of this city, also preached one Sabbath, and has expressed the deepest interest in the church, and invited the pastor to call on him.
Berea, Ky.—There were four accessions to the church at Berea on profession of faith on the first Sabbath of May.