eliberate judgment of this Conference that in the crisis
of the Indian transitional movement the churches should
arouse themselves to the magnitude and emergency of the
duty thus laid upon them in the providence of God.

5. Nothing should be done to impair or weaken the agencies
at present engaged in the work of Indian education. Every
such agency should be encouraged and promoted, except as
other and better agencies are provided for the work. In
particular, owing to the anomalous condition of the
Indians and the fact that the Government is administering
trust funds that belong to them, what is known as the
"contract system"--by which the nation aids by
appropriations private and missionary societies in the
work of Indian education--ought to be maintained by a
continuance of such aid, until the Government is
prepared, with adequate buildings and competent
teachers, to assume the entire work of secular
education. In no case should the Government establish
schools to compete with private or church schools which
are already doing a good work, so long as there are
thousands of Indian children for whose education no
provision is made.

ORDINATION AT NEW ORLEANS.

A council of Congregational Churches was held in New Orleans, Sept.
16th, for the purpose of ordaining Prof. Geo. W. Henderson, A.M.,
B.D., to the Christian ministry. Rev. R.C. Hitchcock, President of
Straight University, was chosen Moderator. Mr. Henderson sustained an
excellent examination, and was installed Pastor of the Central
Congregational Church. The entire service was impressive, and Rev. Mr.
Henderson enters upon a very responsible charge of a large church with
many encouragements and hopes of great success.

OUR SCHOOLS AND THE YELLOW FEVER.

We have been extremely gratified with the manifestations of faith and
courage on the part of our lady teachers in the South during the time
of fear and panic because of the yellow fever. Some were already at
their stations and in their schools, and some were on the way, subject
to the trials of quarantine. Not one hesitated in the path of duty.
Many teachers from the different parts of the North were ready to go
when the reports of the pestilence were most alarming, but not one of
the teachers who had previously been in the work, failed to await
instructions to go forward whenever we should speak the