In the next and future numbers of the Missionary, the details of the “Bureau of Woman’s Work” will appear in a separate department under the above heading.
The Lord’s Blessed Ones.—A recent visitor to the Teachers’ Home, Storrs School, Atlanta, writes that on his arrival, about nine in the evening, he was met by the lady teachers, who were returning, two by two, from attending cottage prayer meetings in the parish, of which there had been six that night. “Coming in,” he says, “from such work in the lowly homes of a despised people, cheerful and delighted with the meetings, they made a profound impression upon me as the Lord’s blessed ones. If He hasn’t got any mansions up there quite worthy of them He’ll go to work and fix up some especially for their use.”
The readers of the Missionary are not ignorant of the benefactions of Mr. J. J. H. Gregory, of Marblehead, Mass., to this Association. The following extract from a Wilmington paper indicates the appreciation in which he is held not only by the colored people, but also by leading citizens South.
“The reception of Mr. Gregory took place in the Mayor’s office in the City Hall yesterday at noon. There was quite a large attendance of our prominent citizens, including a few colored men, all of whom gave evidence of the esteem entertained for the distinguished visitor and their pleasure at the opportunity thus afforded them of forming the acquaintance of one who has devoted so much of his fortune to the advancement of the educational facilities and interests of Wilmington. Mr. Gregory was introduced to those present by Mayor Hall in a few brief and appropriate remarks, which were responded to by Mr. G. in fitting terms. Short speeches were also delivered by Rev. Drs. Taylor and Wilson, in the order named, and at the conclusion of their remarks, Mayor Hall again spoke, and at more length. The meeting was a very pleasant one, and we have reason to believe that Mr. Gregory was much pleased at the heartiness of his reception.”
The Trustees of the John F. Slater Educational Fund met in New York April 25 and 26. It was voted to appropriate $20,000 during the coming year to such schools as are best fitted to help young colored people to become useful to their race, preference being given to those institutions which furnish industrial education. Over seventy institutions have already reported to Rev. Dr. A. G. Haygood, the Secretary. It is not conclusive from the reports that have reached us that the sum named above is the entire amount that will be applied the coming year for educational purposes, or that the income of the fund will be principally used for industrial education. We believe the plans of the Trustees are as broad as the necessities of the colored people for education in every department. The meeting of the Board was fully attended, and the place made vacant by the death of Wm. E. Dodge was filled by the election of his son. We commend the Trustees for their careful and conscientious endeavors to provide for the uplifting of the colored people and the welfare of the nation.
The average attendance at the 30 conventions of the Co-operative Societies in Connecticut was 136. The number of churches represented was 230, of the 297 in the State. The average attendance of similar meetings in 1872 was 104. On the whole the recent meetings were of marked interest, and of much encouragement to the missionary work done by Congregationalists.