holds with enthusiasm and fidelity. If some one would give
us, or leave us, money to endow this institution, he could scarcely
send his influence further down the centuries than in this way. It
would tell upon the race and upon the Nation.

In this glance at our schools, we see Christian schools. But they are
more, they are missionary schools. We are bearing the torch of Christ
into places of darkness. We teach the industries to them because they
can be made tributary to the salvation of the people. They are the
leaves of the tree of life, and the leaves of the tree are for the
healing of the people.

We may not close this review of our school system without remembering
those institutions now standing alone; great Hampton, in whose rich
gifts we rejoice, and Berea, another child of the A.M.A., now grown to
strength.

TO HOWARD UNIVERSITY, at Washington, also, we extend the sympathy of a
common purpose, together with such financial aid as we may for the
support of its theological course.

We point to these great institutions which have been planted and
fostered by the A.M.A., together with those which are still upheld by
us, with a feeling akin to that of the renowned Cornelia when she
said, "Behold my jewels."

Total Number of our Schools South 58 Indian 18 76
Total Number of our Instructors South 266 Indian 50 316
Total Number of our Pupils South 9,896 Indian 580 10,476
Theological Students South 87 Indian ---- 87
Law Students South 73 Indian ---- 73
College Students South 68 Indian ---- 68
Preparatory College Students South 105 Indian ---- 105
Normal Students South 836 Indian 10 846
Grammar Grade Students South 1,996 Indian 43 2,039
Intermediate Grade Students South 2,998 Indian 108 3,106
Primary Pupils South 3,831 Indian 419 4,250

We have, in addition, 17 Chinese Schools on the Pacific Coast, with 39
teachers.

CHURCH WORK.

We turn now to our Church Work.

In every school we have an incipient church; in many of these are
organized churches. From all of them there is a continual going forth
of a predisposition towards Congregational Churches, which will make
for churches in the future.

The statistics are as follows:

Number of Churches South 131 Indian 5 136
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