Preaching, Sunday-school, church and neighborhood prayer meetings, with class of Bible readers, monthly concert, and meeting of the Woman’s Missionary Society, have been kept up in usual order and with a good degree of interest during the year. For three weeks, meetings were held each evening. Several, chiefly students boarding in the college family, found Christ, and the church was revived.
The preaching was first and mainly to Christians rather than to the impenitent. Besides the mission churches which have grown out of the College church, the students and teachers have sustained five Sunday-schools in needy districts. The College church has rare facilities for distributing illustrated Sunday-school and temperance papers. The parish missionary has faithfully pursued her work, discovering and relieving much of want, and speaking to the neglected.
A temperance society has been organized, embracing in its membership those not connected with the College church, with a pledge of abstinence from the use of tobacco in all its forms, as well as from the use and sale of intoxicating liquors.
MOBILE, ALA.
REV. O. D. CRAWFORD.
A revival followed the State Conference in March; 15 persons between the ages of 13 and 18 manifested a deep interest, and received so much light on the supreme question, as carried them beyond the reach of the ordinary instruction of the colored churches and revival seasons. The church was much blessed.
We received to fellowship one young man, a pupil in the Institute, of rare promise. Several temperance sermons were preached, and 30 names secured to the pledge.
The church building was moved through the street to its more eligible location on the Institute grounds, and improved by a large front door and steps and cornice.
Out of their deep poverty the people raised about one dollar at each monthly concert of prayer for missions. Two lady members are engaged in teaching in public schools acceptably.