reat, but if the
American people will awake to its urgency and put forth the needed
effort, the crisis may be averted. We call upon all Christian people,
and upon all patriots, to begin this new century with the purpose to
increase their contributions for this great object. We ask them to begin
at once and to continue steadily--in church contributions, in personal
gifts, and, not to forget the object in the making of wills.

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CONGREGATIONALISM IN GEORGIA.

Our readers are aware that there are two Congregational Organizations in
the State of Georgia. The Georgia Congregational Association was
organized in 1878, and is composed of about a dozen colored churches,
some of their pastors being white and some colored. The United
Congregational Conference of Georgia was formed a little more than a
year ago, is a much larger body, and is composed of white pastors and
churches. With a view to a possible union of these two organizations,
committees have been appointed by each, and, in another column, we lay
before our readers the propositions to that end, made by the Committee
of the Georgia Association. We cannot withhold our expression of
satisfaction with the Christian spirit exhibited in this document, and
the readiness to accept any possible alternative to secure the union.
The Congregational Churches of the country will feel an interest in
marking the progress of these negotiations, and will hail with delight a
consummation that will relieve the denomination from the embarrassment
of sanctioning two organizations in the same State that seem to be
separated only by the color-line.

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NOTES FROM THE SOUTH.

BY SECRETARY A.F. BEARD.

Once more in Nashville. There is no question in my mind but that
Nashville is the educational leader in the South. It is a city of hills
which are crowned with institutions for white and black. These are the
beginnings of greater and better days for this part of "our country." My
duties have taken me to Fisk University. It is a college which has
justly won very high praise. Jubilee and Livingstone Halls are
significant names. One speaks of an historic event, and the other of an
historic person, but the work that goes on in both these large buildings
does no dishonor to one name or the other.

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When Congressman Kelley, of Pennsylvania, was in Nashville, he visited