not,
in Africa, but because, other things being equal, they can do this work
better with their own race. Said Christ, "Go home to thy friends, and
tell what great things the Lord hath done for thee."

All of which says that the Fisk must now add to its great work a
thorough theological school, and must urge its students to listen to the
voice of God and to answer when God calls, "Speak, Lord, thy servant
heareth." More and better ministers are needed both for Africa in the
United States and Africa across the sea. He will give wisely who will
give quickly for this.

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ILLUMINATED SPOTS.

A Northern visitor in the South, writing in a recent number of _The
Advance_ speaks of the rapid improvement of the Negroes in that
locality. He says that the Negro is prosperous; that commercially he is
honest; that one house has had no less than thirteen hundred names of
colored people on its books, each having a credit from a few dollars to
forty or more; that the Negro respects education--even if he is unable
to read himself, he wants, with all the determination of his soul, that
his children shall be educated; that the merchants say that they are
buying better and better goods, are learning the value of money, are
exercising wiser judgment, are becoming farmers and mechanics, are
becoming better men.

These items, taken from a long article, show the bright light glowing in
that locality. Of course the writer gives some dark touches to the
picture, and thus modified, it may be repeated of thousands of places
throughout the South. Some of our friends, we fear, look too much upon
the dark side. There _is_ a dark side, and it is dense. But if we can
only continue and enlarge the sphere of these bright spots, and kindle
others in new localities, the time will come when the light will
displace the darkness and the dawn of a new era will come. Friends of
the Negro race, patriots and Christians! furnish the oil for these
bright spots and help to multiply them.

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THE GOVERNMENT AND THE INDIANS.

On the 13th of March, some of the Secretaries of the missionary
societies, and others interested in the welfare of the Indians,
had an interview with President Harrison and with Secretary
Noble, of the Interior Department. We were kindly received, and
the Secretary solicited information from us as to the methods in
which he co