draught,
  Find health and vigor stealing through their veins. 
  O, queenly State! lift up thy fair, proud head,
  The while thy sons and daughters honor thee,
  And shine a pure white star, whose light shall be
  Undimmed, through all the ages yet to come!

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We are very happy to acknowledge the gift of one hundred copies of the “People’s Commentary on the Gospel according to St. Luke,” by Edwin W. Rice, D.D., from the American Sunday-school Union, at Philadelphia, Penn.  These books will be sent to our schools in the South, where they will be of great benefit to the teachers in the Sunday-schools, and to the graduates as they go forth to fresh experiences in the country summer schools.

A man told one of our Indian pupils, that he was not like other men, that he helped others and went to church, etc., and as she told the story she said, “Yet he is a Republican and sinner, I think.”

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THE SOUTH.

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NOTES IN THE SADDLE.

BY DISTRICT SECRETARY C.J.  RYDER.

A little girl in the Sunday-school at Quincy, Mass., when asked what a missionary was, replied:  “A missionary is a man who comes around to get our money.”  That expresses with a good degree of accuracy the object of the missionary’s trip through New England, and it is wonderful what large sums of money come from these generous churches in response to the appeals of our different Societies.

It was pleasant to turn aside for a few weeks and mount again into the saddle, and visit the field into which these contributions go, and where so many earnest and godly missionaries are putting in their life work.  There were evidences of progress in these mission stations on every side.

Lincoln Memorial Church at Washington have greatly improved their house of worship, expending upon it $1,500, collecting through their own membership almost this entire sum.  Industrial classes are held regularly in the same building, taught by the pastor’s wife.  A kindergarten, in which a large number of little children are regularly taught, is also a department of this missionary work.  I noticed among the other children a bright little French boy in this kindergarten school.

While waiting for a train in the depot at Washington, I noticed an old colored man very busy reading a book.  Looking over his shoulder, I found that he was studying Barnes’ Notes on Matthew!  No white man was better employed than this.  And this incident is typical of the desire of the colored people to learn, especially that which throws light upon God’s word.