nd Egypt to modern Africa. One young
man writing on the last named country was induced to give the article to
the State through the newspapers and it has been published.

Some of our young people are teaching, and others are at other work.
There are very few summer schools here now, and those opened are only
for primary grades.

The Lincoln school is reaping honors at Tougaloo University. Two
scholarships this year were won by two of our ex-graduates, and this
gives Lincoln the honor of five such prizes won in that institution.

We shall greatly rejoice when the pulpits and places of great
responsibility are filled with intelligent leaders. We cannot but feel
amused, yet distressed, at the mis-read Scriptures. One brother in his
morning lesson from the pulpit said: "Brothers, we should be of the same
mind--_one body_ and mind, for it says here, 'the twins shall be one
flesh.'" A young man came to us, and asked help in writing his sermons.
He had no Bible; I urged his purchasing one, as he could read. One day
he came and said his text was the 14th of John. I inquired the passage.
"Oh," he said, "I takes the whole chapter, and so I don' have to say
much." It surely was the best way for his audience.

Our class motto was "The Future needs us," and I trust all the class
will fully realize how much they are needed.

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ITEM.

There is an old colored man in Wilkes county who has never had his
membership changed from the white people's church at Independence. He
belonged to it when a slave and has held on to it. He attends services
regularly and does not intrude upon the congregation, but sits quietly
on the steps and listens to the sermon.--_Atlanta Constitution._

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A LESSON IN HOME BUILDING.

By a Teacher.
Andersonville, Ga.

A woman came in this evening to sell strawberries which were neatly
covered with a bit of white cloth. She looked around our sitting-room
and shook her turbaned head, saying, "I sure would be afraid to live in
this house." "Why," I asked, curious to know what fearful thing she saw
in her glance. "Oh, it's so big, and has so many rooms." Our cozy home,
so snug, with not an inch of unused room, that we call our "Bird's
Nest!" Alas for the people that do not feel at home save in a one-roomed
cabin, and do not feel the necessity of work unless they are hungry. I
long so, sometimes, for something that will m